| Hellinsia montezerpae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Hellinsia |
| Species: | H. montezerpae |
| Binomial name | |
| Hellinsia montezerpae Arenberger & Wojtusiak, 2001 | |
Hellinsia montezerpae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Venezuela. [1]
The wingspan is about 33 millimetres (1.3 in). Adults are on wing in February, at an altitude of 3,250 metres (10,660 ft). [2]
The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings, giving them the shape of a narrow winged airplane. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblage called "microlepidoptera".
Hellinsia osteodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, as well as North Africa and from Asia Minor to Japan. Also known as the small golden-rod plume it was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1841.
Hellinsia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. It was created by J.W. Tutt in honour of the entomologist John Hellins.
Hellinsia beneficus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is native to Mexico, but was introduced to Hawaii in 1973 as a biological control agent against mistflower, Ageratina riparia.
Hellinsia distinctus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found from Europe to India, Korea, Japan, China and Russia. Within Europe, it is found from Germany and the Benelux east to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania, from Italy north to Fennoscandia, and in Greece, Estonia, Latvia and northern and central Russia.
Hellinsia balanotes, the baccharis borer, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae which is native to Guatemala, northern Mexico, and the United States including Arizona, Texas, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina and Maryland, but has been introduced to Australia for the control of Baccharis halimifolia. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1908.
Hellinsia pectodactylus is a species of moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Europe, the Canary Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, India and North America.
Hellinsia paleaceus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1873. It is found in North America, including Florida, Mississippi Maryland, Montana, Texas, California, Nebraska, New Mexico and south-eastern Canada. It has also been recorded from Puerto Rico.
Hellinsia inquinatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America, including Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Maryland, Alabama, Texas, Missouri, Colorado and Arizona. It has also been recorded from Hispaniola, Mexico, Puerto Rico and St. Thomas Island.
Hellinsia falsus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is found in the US states of California and Arizona and in Mexico's Baja California.
Hellinsia scripta is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica.
Hellinsia investis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica.
Hellinsia batallonica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Venezuela.
Hellinsia nodipes is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica and Ecuador.
Hellinsia paramoi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Brazil and Venezuela.
Hellinsia obscuricilia is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in Venezuela and Costa Rica.
Hellinsia spiculibursa is a moth of the plume moth or Pterophoridae family. It is found in Venezuela.
Hellinsia scribarius is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
Hellinsia crescens is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Venezuela and Costa Rica.
Hellinsia fusciciliatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica and Venezuela.
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