Hellinsia emmorus

Hellinsia emmorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. emmorus
Binomial name
Hellinsia emmorus
(Walsingham, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus emmorus Walsingham, 1915

Hellinsia emmorus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Mexico[1] and Guatemala.[2]

The wingspan is 28‑30 mm. The antennae are pale ochreous. The head and front of the thorax are whitish ochreous, with a broad brownish ochreous band across the thorax and tegulae. The forewings are pale ochreous, with a broad brownish ochreous diffused shade commencing at the middle of the base and extending to the apex, a pale line running through it along the middle of the apical lobe, the costa also narrowly pale throughout. The hindwings are shining, pale brassy or golden green.[3]

References

  1. ↑ LepIndex
  2. ↑ Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)
  3. ↑ Species description


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