Hellinsia obscuricilia

Hellinsia obscuricilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. obscuricilia
Binomial name
Hellinsia obscuricilia
Arenberger & Wojtusiak, 2001

Hellinsia obscuricilia is a moth of the Pterophoridae family that is found in Venezuela[1] and Costa Rica.

The wingspan is about 18 millimetres (0.71 in). The forewings are light yellowish-brown and the hindwings are somewhat darker with greyish-brown fringes. Adults are on wing in April.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Pterophoridae aus Venezuela" [Pterophoridae from Venezuela] (PDF).
  2. ↑ Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)


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