Hellinsia procontias

Hellinsia procontias
Hellinsia procontias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. procontias
Binomial name
Hellinsia procontias
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus procontias Meyrick, 1908
  • Oidaematophorus procontias

Hellinsia procontias is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in India (Assam).[1]

The wingspan is 18-20 mm. The head is deep ochreous, but the lower edge of the face and anterior half of the crown are white. The antennae are whitish and the thorax is whitish, tinged or sprinkled with pale ochreous. The abdomen is whitish, longitudinally striped with ochreous. The forewings are white, irregularly suffused with pale ochreous. The hindwings are grey, although the third segment is whitish-ochreous.[2]

References

  1. ^ LepIndex
  2. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London
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