Hellinsia simplicissimus

Hellinsia simplicissimus
Hellinsia simplicissimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. simplicissimus
Binomial name
Hellinsia simplicissimus
(McDunnough, 1938)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oidaematophorus simplicissimus McDunnough, 1938

Hellinsia simplicissimus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in North America, including California.

The wingspan is 12-14 mm. The forewings are pale creamy, shaded lightly with light brownish, more particularly in costal area, the inner margin and second lobe remaining pale. The hindwings are pale smoky white with paler fringes.[2]

References

  1. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ^ Notes On Certain Of Walsingham's Species Of Oidaematophorus With Descriptions Of New Species (Pterophoridae) by J. Mcdunnough, The Canadian Entomologist, 1938, 70
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