Hellinsia alfaroi

Hellinsia alfaroi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pterophoridae
Genus:Hellinsia
Species: H. alfaroi
Binomial name
Hellinsia alfaroi
Gielis, 2011

Hellinsia alfaroi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ecuador.

The wingspan is 17 mm. The forewings are pale brown-ochreous and the markings are dark brown. The hindwings are dark grey-brown, ochreous tinged in the basal part of the third lobe. The fringes are dark grey-brown. Adults are on wing in April, at an altitude of 1,100 meters.[1]

Etymology

The species is named after Eloy Alfaro, president of Ecuador, who was assassinated in 1912.

References

  1. ↑ Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)


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