Hellinsia

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Hellinsia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Tribe: Oidaematophorini
Genus: Hellinsia
Tutt, 1905
Synonyms
  • LeioptilusWallengren, 1862 (homonym)
  • UtucaWalker, 1864
  • LioptilusZeller, 1867 (emendation, homonym of Lioptilus Cabanis, 1850)
  • PaulianilusGibeaux, 1994 [1]

Hellinsia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. It was created by J.W. Tutt in honour of the entomologist John Hellins. [2]

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Species

The genus contains the following species:

Former species

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References

  1. ↑ On the fauna of the plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of KwaZulu Natal province (South-African Republic)
  2. ↑ J.W. Tutt 1905 Types of the genera of the Agdistid, Alucitid and Oreodid plume moths. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation vol 17, pp. 34 - 37 [1905]
  3. ↑ Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P. 2011. On the fauna of the plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) of Lesotho. African Invertebrates 52 (1): 167-175. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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