Hellinsia pizarroi

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

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

The wingspan is 30 mm. The forewings are dark brown and the hindwings and fringes are brown-grey. Adults are on wing in February, at an altitude of 2,900 m.[1]

Etymology

The species is named after the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro, the first European to set foot in many parts of South America.

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