Biology:Hellinsia chlorias
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Short description: Species of plume moth
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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. chlorias
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| Hellinsia chlorias (Meyrick, 1908)[1]
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Hellinsia chlorias, the chlorias plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the United States, including Mississippi,[2] New York, Colorado and Kentucky.
The wingspan is 22–25 mm. The head is pale yellow ocherous. The antennae are pale ocherous. The thorax and abdomen are pale yellowish ocherous. The forewings are light brownish ocherous, often more or less suffused with whitish ocherous. The hindwings are gray.[3]
Taxonomy
Hellinsia chlorias is sometimes listed as a synonym of Hellinsia kellicottii.
References
- ↑ "460113.00 – 6212.1 – Hellinsia chlorias – (Meyrick, 1908)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=6212.1. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- ↑ Matthews, D. L. (2010). "Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)". Southern Lepidopterists' News 32 (2): 50–55. http://www.plumemoth.com/MatherSLS.pdf.
- ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London
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Wikidata ☰ Q5707778 entry
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