Hellinsia ochricostatus

Hellinsia ochricostatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in Colombia[1] and Ecuador.

Hellinsia ochricostatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. ochricostatus
Binomial name
Hellinsia ochricostatus
(Zeller, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Leioptilus ochricostatus Zeller, 1877
  • Oidaematophorus ochricostatus

The wingspan is 27 millimetres (1.1 in). The forewings are shining white and the markings are brown. The hindwings are shining white and the fringes at the costa of the first lobe are dark grey, elsewhere they are white. Adults are on wing in October, at an altitude of 3,250 metres (10,660 ft).[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterophorus ochricostatus". 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)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.


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