Hellinsia falsus

Hellinsia falsus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Hellinsia
Species:	H. falsus
Binomial name
	Hellinsia falsus; (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
	Oidaematophorus falsus Barnes & Lindsey, 1921;

Hellinsia falsus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is found in the US states of California and Arizona and in Mexico's Baja California.

The wingspan is 22–25.5 mm. Adults are entirely chalky white. There is a faint brownish shade in the costal region of forewings, sometimes with the entire surface underlain with brownish gray or rarely dark. The hindwings are tinged with brownish gray. All fringes are concolorous.[2] Adults are on wing in March, August and December.[3]

References

"460119.00 – 6220 – Hellinsia falsus – (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. archive.org. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
"Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.

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[1] "460119.00 – 6220 – Hellinsia falsus – (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 13, 2019.

[2] Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. archive.org. Retrieved 2017-01-18.

[3] "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.