Hellinsia benalcazari

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

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

Adults are on wing in April, at an altitude of 1,560 meters.[1]

Etymology

The species is named after Sebastian de Benalcazar, lieutenant of Francisco Pizarro, the conquistador of South America.

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