Hellinsia stadias

Hellinsia stadias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. stadias
Binomial name
Hellinsia stadias
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus stadias Meyrick, 1908

Hellinsia stadias is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is 20–23 mm. The head is ochreous brown, but white between the antennae. These are ochreous-whitish, with a dark fuscous line. The thorax and abdomen are ochreous-whitish. The forewings are pale whitish-ochreous. The hindwings are pale ochreous-grey.[2] Adults are on wing in October.[3]

References

  1. ↑ LepIndex
  2. ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London
  3. ↑ Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)


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