Hellinsia fissuripuncta

Hellinsia fissuripuncta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. fissuripuncta
Binomial name
Hellinsia fissuripuncta
Gielis, 1999

Hellinsia fissuripuncta is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Costa Rica.[1]

The wingspan is 14‑17 mm. The forewings are creamy white with diffuse ochreous speckling mainly on the basal half, in the first lobe and along the costa. The hindwings are grey‑white and the fringes are creamy white. Adults are on wing in January, March and April.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Pterophoridae Neotropicales 16: nuevos Pterophoridae de Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
  2. ↑ Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)
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