Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pterophoridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Hellinsia | |
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Hellinsia cajanuma is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Ecuador.
The wingspan is 26 mm. The forewings are straw-yellow and the marking are brown. The hindwings are pale grey. The fringes in the distal half are dark grey and proximal half pale ochreous. Adults are on wing in October, at an altitude of 2,850 meters.
Etymology
The species is named after the collecting site, the Cajanuma Ranger Station in Podocarpus National Park, near Loja in southern Ecuador.
References
Hellinsia cajanuma Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA