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Hellinsia varioides

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Species of insect

Hellinsia varioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. varioides
Binomial name
Hellinsia varioides
(McDunnough, 1939)
Synonyms
  • Oidaematophora varioides McDunnough, 1939

Hellinsia varioides is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America, including California.

The wingspan is 20–24 mm. The forewings are unicolorous pale greyish white. The costal edge in the basal half is (at times) narrowly brownish. The hindwings are pale greyish with faintly smoky fringes.

References

  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. Pterophorid Descriptions and Notes (Lepid.) by J. MCDUNNOUGH, The Canadian Entomologist 1962, Vol. 94 Archived 2012-07-14 at archive.today
Taxon identifiers
Hellinsia varioides
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