Hellinsia nodipes

Hellinsia nodipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. nodipes
Binomial name
Hellinsia nodipes
(Zeller, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Mimeseoptilus nodipes Zeller, 1877

Hellinsia nodipes is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela,[1] Costa Rica and Ecuador.

The wingspan is 27‑31 mm. The forewings are brown‑ochreous and the markings are brown, consisting of a group of scales at the center and distal in the discus, an oblique spot well before the base of the cleft, a longitudinal line in the first lobe reaching from an oblique dash before the cleft and a costal spot above the base of the cleft. The hindwings and fringes are brown‑grey. Adults are on wing in January, March and from May to July.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Pterophoridae aus Venezuela
  2. ↑ Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)


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