Hellinsia lumbaquia

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

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

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are pale brown and the markings are dark brown. The hindwings and fringes are pale brown. Adults are on wing in March, at an altitude of 850 meters.[1]

Etymology

The species is named after the collecting site: Lumbaqui, in Ecuador.

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