Hellinsia mollis

Hellinsia mollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Hellinsia
Species:	H. mollis
Binomial name
	Hellinsia mollis; (Walsingham, 1915)
Synonyms
	Pterophorus mollis Walsingham, 1915;

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.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterophorus mollis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
↑ Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)
↑ Species description

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterophorus mollis". 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)

[3] Species description