Heliozela ahenea
| Heliozela ahenea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Heliozelidae |
| Genus: | Heliozela |
| Species: | H. ahenea
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| Binomial name | |
| Heliozela ahenea Walsingham, 1897
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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.[1]
The wingspan is about 4 mm. The forewings are brassy metallic without markings. The hindwings and cilia are purplish grey.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Revision of the West-Indian Micro-Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species
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