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Hellinsia phloeochroa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pterophoridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Hellinsia

Hellinsia phloeochroa

Hellinsia phloeochroa is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala and Panama.

The wingspan is 23–24 mm. The antennae are pale brownish. The head and thorax are bark-brown, the latter speckled with pale cinereous. The forewings are bark-brown, more or less speckled with pale cinereous. The hindwings and cilia are a little paler than the forewings and rather less reddish brown. Adults are on wing in February, July and August, at an altitude of 500 to 2,000 meters.

References

Hellinsia phloeochroa Wikipedia