Hellinsia citrites is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America, including Mississippi,[2] Colorado, Oklahoma and Kentucky.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Hellinsia |
| Species: | H. citrites
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| Hellinsia citrites | |
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The wingspan is 24–27 mm. The head is ocherous whitish, but the face and back of the crown are more ocherous tinged. The palpi, antennae and thorax are whitish ocherous. The abdomen is also whitish ocherous, but the sides are more ocherous. The forewings are ocherous, partially tinged with whitish The hindwings are gray.[3]
References edit
- ^ "460085.00 – 6183 – Hellinsia citrites – (Meyrick, 1908)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- ^ Matthews, D. L. (2010). "Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Southern Lepidopterists' News. 32 (2): 50–55.
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London
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