Hellinsia pelospilus

Hellinsia pelospilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. pelospilus
Binomial name
Hellinsia pelospilus
(Zeller, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Leioptilus pelospilus Zeller, 1877
  • Oidaematophorus pelospilus
  • Pterophorus salticola Meyrick, 1913
  • Hellinsia salticola

Hellinsia pelospilus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family that can be found in Peru[1] and Ecuador.

The wingspan is 23‑25 mm. The forewings are creamy‑white and the markings are dark brown, consisting of a faint longitudinal dash, an oblique spot before the base of the cleft. The hindwings are grey‑brown.[2]

References

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


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