Hellinsia mollis
| Hellinsia mollis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Hellinsia |
| Species: | H. mollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hellinsia mollis (Walsingham, 1915) | |
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Hellinsia mollis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Guatemala,[1] Costa Rica, Mexico (Querétaro) and Panama.[2]
The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The antennae are bone-white, the head and thorax are whitish ochreous. The forewings are bone-white, overlaid with whitish ochreous, becoming more strongly ochreous along the fold, before the fissure, and beneath the costa to the apex. The hindwings are shining, bone-whitish.[3] Adults are on wing in May and June.
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