Hellinsia sematias

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

Hellinsia sematias is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Sri Lanka[1] and India.

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The head is ochreous-brown, although the lower edge of the face and anterior half of the crown are white. The antennae are grey and the thorax is ochreous-whitish. The abdomen is whitish, with traces of pale ochreous streaks, a dorsal series of minute black dots and a rather dark fuscous ventral streak. The forewings are ochreous-white, partially suffused with pale ochreous, with a few scattered black scales. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]

References

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