Hellinsia mollis

Hellinsia mollis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Guatemala,[1] Costa Rica, Mexico (Querétaro) and Panama.[2]

Hellinsia mollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. mollis
Binomial name
Hellinsia mollis
(Walsingham, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus mollis Walsingham, 1915

The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The antennae are bone-white, the head and thorax are whitish ochreous. The forewings are bone-white, overlaid with whitish ochreous, becoming more strongly ochreous along the fold, before the fissure, and beneath the costa to the apex. The hindwings are shining, bone-whitish.[3] Adults are on wing in May and June.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterophorus mollis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  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 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2011-07-06.


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