Hellinsia auster

Hellinsia auster
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Hellinsia
Species:	H. auster
Binomial name
	Hellinsia auster; (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)
Synonyms
	Oidaematophorus austerBarnes & Lindsey, 1921;

Last updated August 22, 2023

Hellinsia auster is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in the U.S. state of Arizona (including the type location, Mohave County). The species was first described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921.

The wingspan is 20–27 millimetres (0.79–1.06 in). The head is blackish brown, white between antennae, which are dark with a white line above, sometimes broken into dots. The thorax is whitish, although the scales are lightly tipped with gray brown, more heavily in a band which crosses the thorax. The abdomen is gray brown with a few white scales. Above it is marked with two white stripes which contain a pair of diverging black streaks on each segment. In the posterior half of the abdomen, the bases of each pair of streaks are connected by a broad dorsal dash in the posterior margin of the preceding segment. There are also some blackish lateral dashes and two pale ventral stripes. The forewings are clothed with mixed white and brownish-gray scales and more or less sprinkled with black. The hindwings and their fringes are brownish gray.^[2]

Adults have been recorded in May, August and September.

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References

↑ "460094.00 – 6193 – Hellinsia auster – (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
↑ Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America

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[1] "460094.00 – 6193 – Hellinsia auster – (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 13, 2019.

[2] Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America

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