Hellinsia glochinias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Brazil[1] and Costa Rica.[2]
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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. glochinias
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| Hellinsia glochinias (Meyrick, 1908)
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The wingspan is 26–28 mm. The head is ochreous-whitish, more or less irrorated with fuscous or dark fuscous except on the anterior half of the crown. The antennae are ochreous-whitish, with a cloudy fuscous line above. The thorax is pale whitish-ochreous finely sprinkled with fuscous. The abdomen is ochreous-whitish, more or less sprinkled with fuscous on the sides. The forewings are pale whitish-ochreous slightly tinged with brownish, more or less thinly and finely sprinkled with dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey.[3] Adults are on wing in June.
References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterophorus glochinias". 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)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London
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