Hellinsia maldonadoica

Hellinsia maldonadoica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. maldonadoica
Binomial name
Hellinsia maldonadoica
Gielis, 2011

Hellinsia maldonadoica is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Ecuador.

The wingspan is 21 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous-white and the markings are brown. The hindwings and fringes are pale ochreous-white. Adults are on wing in January, at an altitude of 2,850 meters.[1]

Etymology

The species is named after the collecting site: Maldonado.

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