Hellinsia cyrtoacanthaus

Hellinsia cyrtoacanthaus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. cyrtoacanthaus
Binomial name
Hellinsia cyrtoacanthaus
Kim, 2009

Hellinsia cyrtoacanthaus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family that is endemic to Korea.[1]

The wingspan is about 16 millimetres (0.63 in).

Etymology

The specific name is derived from the Greek, cyrto (meaning curved) and acantha (meaning spine) referring to the S-like spine on left valve of male genitalia.

References

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