Biology:Hellinsia crescens
From HandWiki
Short description: Species of plume moth
| Hellinsia crescens | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Hellinsia |
| Species: | H. crescens
|
| Binomial name | |
| Hellinsia crescens (Meyrick, 1926)
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Hellinsia crescens is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Colombia,[1] Ecuador,[2] Brazil , Venezuela and Costa Rica.
The wingspan is 32–36 millimetres (1.3–1.4 in). Adults are on wing in January, March and December, at an altitude of 1,700 to 3,500 meters.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Pterophorus crescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=1304.
- ↑ "BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser". http://www.co1bank.uoguelph.ca/views/taxbrowser.php?taxid=249049.
- ↑ "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)". http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?c=zoomed;idno=8503a01.
Wikidata ☰ Q15639585 entry
 |  |
