Biology:Hellinsia caras
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Short description: Species of plume moth
| Hellinsia caras | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Hellinsia |
| Species: | H. caras
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| Binomial name | |
| Hellinsia caras Gielis, 2011
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Hellinsia caras is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
Adults are on wing in March and October, at an altitude of 3,000 to 3,450 meters.[1]
Etymology
In mediaeval times the Caras people were a tribe in Ecuador.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q5707757 entry
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