Biology:Hellinsia caras

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Hellinsia caras
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. caras
Binomial name
Hellinsia caras
Gielis, 2011

Hellinsia caras is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.

Adults are on wing in March and October, at an altitude of 3,000 to 3,450 meters.[1]

Etymology

In mediaeval times the Caras people were a tribe in Ecuador.

References

  1. ↑ "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 ☰ Q5707757 entry




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