Biology:Hellinsia citrites

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Hellinsia citrites
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. citrites
Binomial name
Hellinsia citrites
(Meyrick, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus citrites Meyrick, 1908

Hellinsia citrites is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America, including Mississippi,[2] Colorado, Oklahoma and Kentucky.

The wingspan is 24–27 mm. The head is ocherous whitish, but the face and back of the crown are more ocherous tinged. The palpi, antennae and thorax are whitish ocherous. The abdomen is also whitish ocherous, but the sides are more ocherous. The forewings are ocherous, partially tinged with whitish The hindwings are gray.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5707787 entry