Hellinsia urbanus

Hellinsia urbanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. urbanus
Binomial name
Hellinsia urbanus
(Walsingham, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus urbanus Walsingham, 1915

Hellinsia urbanus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Puerto Rico[1] and Guatemala.[2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The antennae are whitish ochreous. The head and thorax are pale ochreous. The forewings are pale ochreous, slightly suffused with brownish ochreous. The hindwings and cilia are shining light brownish cupreous.[3]

References

  1. ↑ BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
  2. ↑ Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)
  3. ↑ Species description
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