Hellinsia linus

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

Last updated May 06, 2024

Hellinsia linus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is found in North America, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and Massachusetts.

The wingspan is 21–22 millimetres (0.83–0.87 in). It is predominantly white. There are some gray-brown scales on the head above and in front. The antennae are dotted with brown above. The forewings are white, more or less heavily irrorated with brownish-black scales which are more numerous toward the inner margin and apices of the lobes. There is a dark dash at the costa over the base of cleft and another beyond the middle of the first lobe. The fringes are brownish gray with whitish pencils at the tips of the veins of the second lobe and one before the apex of the first. The hindwings and their fringes are brownish gray.^[2]

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References

↑ "460096.00 – 6195 – Hellinsia linus – (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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] "460096.00 – 6195 – Hellinsia linus – (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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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