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Heliozela ahenea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Heliozelidae
Genus:	Heliozela
Species:	H. ahenea
Binomial name
Heliozela ahenea Walsingham, 1897

Heliozela ahenea is a moth of the family Heliozelidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1897, and is found in the West Indies.

The wingspan is about 4 mm. The forewings are brassy metallic without markings. The hindwings and cilia are purplish grey.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Heliozela ahenea​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
2. Revision of the West-Indian Micro-Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species

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