Hellinsia glochinias

Hellinsia glochinias
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Hellinsia
Species:	H. glochinias
Binomial name
	Hellinsia glochinias; (Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
	Pterophorus glochiniasMeyrick, 1908;

Last updated March 10, 2025

Hellinsia glochinias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Brazil ^[1] and Costa Rica.^[2]

The wingspan is 26–28 mm. The head is ochreous-whitish, more or less irrorated with fuscous or dark fuscous except on the anterior half of the crown. The antennae are ochreous-whitish, with a cloudy fuscous line above. The thorax is pale whitish-ochreous finely sprinkled with fuscous. The abdomen is ochreous-whitish, more or less sprinkled with fuscous on the sides. The forewings are pale whitish-ochreous slightly tinged with brownish, more or less thinly and finely sprinkled with dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey.^[3] Adults are on wing in June.

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterophorus glochinias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 6, 2018.
↑ "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.
↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterophorus glochinias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 6, 2018.

[2] "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.

[3] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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