Hellinsia glochinias

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

Hellinsia glochinias is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Brazil^[1] and Costa Rica.^[2]

The wingspan is 26–28 mm. The head is ochreous-whitish, more or less irrorated with fuscous or dark fuscous except on the anterior half of the crown. The antennae are ochreous-whitish, with a cloudy fuscous line above. The thorax is pale whitish-ochreous finely sprinkled with fuscous. The abdomen is ochreous-whitish, more or less sprinkled with fuscous on the sides. The forewings are pale whitish-ochreous slightly tinged with brownish, more or less thinly and finely sprinkled with dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey.^[3] Adults are on wing in June.

References

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