Hellinsia milleri

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

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

The wingspan is 21 mm. The forewings are bone-white and the markings are dark brown. The hindwings and fringes are dark brown-grey. Adults are on wing in March, at an altitude of 3,180 meters.[1]

Etymology

The species is named after. Dr. Jacqueline Y. Miller, associate director of the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville Florida for giving the author the opportunity to study Ecuadorian material originally housed at the Allyn Museum of Entomology.

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