Hellinsia calais

Hellinsia calais
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. calais
Binomial name
Hellinsia calais
(Meyrick, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus calais Meyrick, 1930

Hellinsia calais is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Brazil[1] and Costa Rica.

The wingspan is 21 mm. The forewings are pale fuscous irregularly irrorated with blackish. The hindwings are grey. Adults are on wing in October.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Generic revision of the superfamily Pterophoroidea (Lepidoptera)
  2. ↑ Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)


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