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)