Hellinsia glaphyrotes

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

Hellinsia glaphyrotes is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Brazil, Argentina.,[1] Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru.

The wingspan is 17–23 mm. The head is light ochreous-brown, but ochreous-white between the antennae. These and the thorax are ochreous-whitish. The abdomen is whitish, with more or less indicated fine ochreous dorsal and other lines. The hindwings are rather light grey.[2] Adults are on wing from January to May and from October to December.[3]

The larvae feed on Wulffia barcata.

References

  1. ↑ LepIndex
  2. ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London
  3. ↑ Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)


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