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)