Hellinsia coquimboicus

Hellinsia coquimboicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pterophoridae
Genus:Hellinsia
Species: H. coquimboicus
Binomial name
Hellinsia coquimboicus
(Gielis, 1991)
Synonyms
  • Oidaematophorus coquimboicus Gielis, 1991

Hellinsia coquimboicus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Chile.[1]

The wingspan is 19 mm. The forewings are brown‑grey with scattered dark brown scaling, condensed in discal spot. The hindwings are grey and the fringes are grey‑white. Adults are on wing in November.[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oidaematophorus coquimboicus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  2. Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)


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