Hellinsia perditus

Hellinsia perditus 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 Colorado.

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

The wingspan is 19–25 mm. The head is dark brown, but yellowish white between the antennae. These are dark with a slender line of whitish above. The thorax is pale yellowish white. The abdomen is similar to the thorax, but with some gray scales and a faint brown dorsal stripe. The costa of the forewings is yellowish, sometimes obscured toward the base. Just inside of this line, the wing is brownish gray, becoming gradually paler toward the inner margin with an increasing admixture of whitish scales. The veins are sometimes darker in the second lobe. The fringes are brownish gray with paler bases but yellowish on the costa. The hindwings and their fringes are brownish gray.[2]

References
  1. "460123.00 – 6224 – Hellinsia perditus – (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


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