Biology:Hellinsia mollis
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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. mollis
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| Hellinsia mollis (Walsingham, 1915)
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Hellinsia mollis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Guatemala,[1] Costa Rica, Mexico (Querétaro) and Panama.[2]
The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The antennae are bone-white, the head and thorax are whitish ochreous. The forewings are bone-white, overlaid with whitish ochreous, becoming more strongly ochreous along the fold, before the fissure, and beneath the costa to the apex. The hindwings are shining, bone-whitish.[3] Adults are on wing in May and June.
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Pterophorus mollis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=1413.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Species description". http://www.botanicus.org/primeocr/mbgserv14/botanicus5/BCA_00_00_0/bca_15_04_00/bca_15_04_00_525.txt.
Wikidata ☰ Q5708066 entry
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