Hellinsia urbanus

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Hellinsia urbanus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. urbanus
Binomial name
Hellinsia urbanus
(Walsingham, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus urbanusWalsingham, 1915

Hellinsia urbanus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Puerto Rico [1] and Guatemala. [2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The antennae are whitish ochreous. The head and thorax are pale ochreous. The forewings are pale ochreous, slightly suffused with brownish ochreous. The hindwings and cilia are shining light brownish cupreous. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
  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. ↑ "Species description". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-07-05.


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