Hellinsia costatus

Hellinsia costatus 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 California, Utah and British Columbia.

Hellinsia costatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. costatus
Binomial name
Hellinsia costatus
(Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oidaematophorus costatus Barnes & Lindsey, 1921

The wingspan is 30–33 mm. The head is pale grayish yellow, but paler between the antennae. The antennae and palpi are more whitish, the latter with a dark streak on the outside of the third joint and tip of the second. The thorax and abdomen are pale grayish yellow, the latter with a faint brown dorsal line. The forewings are yellowish white, shaded with gray and becoming darker and more brownish in the costal region. The fringes are mostly concolorous. The hindwings and their fringes are brownish gray.[2]

References

  1. "460118.00 – 6219 – Hellinsia costatus – (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


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