Hellinsia medius

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

Last updated June 09, 2024

Hellinsia medius is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is found in the US state of Texas.

The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The head is brownish, but creamy white between the antennae. These are pale above and dotted with brown. The thorax is whitish with a light brown band across the tips of the patagia. The abdomen is gray brown with white scales, whiter above toward the base, and on posterior margins of segments, which are also marked with single dorsal brown dots. The forewings are pale dull gray brown with some whitish scales and a variable sprinkling of black ones. There is a rather heavy oblique black dash or spot contiguous to the base of the cleft and a costal spot above it, preceded and followed by whitish fringes. The first lobe has two faint black costal dots, one apical and one preapical on the inner margin, and both it and the second are more or less streaked with the black irroration (sprinkling). There is an inconspicuous subcostal line. The hindwings and fringes of both wings are gray brown.^[2]

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References

↑ "460095.00 – 6194 – Hellinsia medius – (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] "460095.00 – 6194 – Hellinsia medius – (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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