Biology:Hellinsia falsus

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Hellinsia falsus
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. falsus
Binomial name
Hellinsia falsus
(Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oidaematophorus falsus Barnes & Lindsey, 1921

Hellinsia falsus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is found in the US states of California and Arizona and in Mexico's Baja California.

The wingspan is 22–25.5 mm. Adults are entirely chalky white. There is a faint brownish shade in the costal region of forewings, sometimes with the entire surface underlain with brownish gray or rarely dark. The hindwings are tinged with brownish gray. All fringes are concolorous.[2] Adults are on wing in March, August and December.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15639579 entry