Hellinsia phloeochroa
| Hellinsia phloeochroa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Hellinsia |
| Species: | H. phloeochroa |
| Binomial name | |
| Hellinsia phloeochroa (Walsingham, 1915) | |
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Hellinsia phloeochroa is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Mexico,[1] Guatemala and Panama.
The wingspan is 23–24 mm. The antennae are pale brownish. The head and thorax are bark-brown, the latter speckled with pale cinereous. The forewings are bark-brown, more or less speckled with pale cinereous. The hindwings and cilia are a little paler than the forewings and rather less reddish brown.[2] Adults are on wing in February, July and August, at an altitude of 500 to 2,000 meters.[3]
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