Hellinsia orellanai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Hellinsia |
Species: | H. orellanai |
Binomial name | |
Hellinsia orellanai Gielis, 2011 | |
Hellinsia orellanai is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is endemic to Ecuador.
The wingspan is 23 millimetres (0.91 in). Adults are on wing in November, at an altitude of 2,650 metres (8,690 ft). [1]
The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. 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".
Stenoptilia zophodactylus, also known as the dowdy plume, is a species of moth of the family Pterophoridae found worldwide. It was first described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1840.
Platyptilia isodactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found in China, Europe and was introduced to Australia and New Zealand for biological control. It was first described by the German entomologists, Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852.
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.
Wheeleria obsoletus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in France, Italy, Austria, Sardinia, Sicily, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Cyprus, Turkmenistan, Asia Minor and western Asia.
Paraplatyptilia lineata is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in Russia.
Adaina ambrosiae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America from California east to Florida and north to Ontario. It is also known from Bermuda, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Hellinsia fishii is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America and Baja California.
Singularia leptochorda is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica, Ecuador and Venezuela.
Singularia solisi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in El Salvador.
Singularia venedictoffi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ecuador.
Adaina fuscahodias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Mexico (Veracruz), Brazil and Costa Rica.
Stenoptilia poculi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Russia and China.
Adaina ipomoeae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, and Florida.
Hellinsia pizarroi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ecuador.
Hellinsia ruminahuii is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ecuador.
Hellinsia huayna is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ecuador.
Hellinsia tupaci is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ecuador.
Hellinsia aguilerai is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ecuador.
Hellinsia angela is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ecuador.