Hellinsia glaphyrotes

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Hellinsia glaphyrotes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. glaphyrotes
Binomial name
Hellinsia glaphyrotes
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus glaphyrotesMeyrick, 1908

Hellinsia glaphyrotes is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Brazil, Argentina, [1] Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru.

The wingspan is 17–23 mm. The head is light ochreous-brown, but ochreous-white between the antennae. These and the thorax are ochreous-whitish. The abdomen is whitish, with more or less indicated fine ochreous dorsal and other lines. The hindwings are rather light grey. [2] Adults are on wing from January to May and from October to December. [3]

The larvae feed on Wulffia barcata .

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oidaematophorus glaphyrotes​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London
  3. ↑ "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.


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