Hellinsia emmorus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Hellinsia |
| Species: | H. emmorus
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| Hellinsia emmorus (Walsingham, 1915)
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Hellinsia emmorus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Mexico[1] and Guatemala.[2]
The wingspan is 28‑30 mm. The antennae are pale ochreous. The head and front of the thorax are whitish ochreous, with a broad brownish ochreous band across the thorax and tegulae. The forewings are pale ochreous, with a broad brownish ochreous diffused shade commencing at the middle of the base and extending to the apex, a pale line running through it along the middle of the apical lobe, the costa also narrowly pale throughout. The hindwings are shining, pale brassy or golden green.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterophorus emmorus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
- ^ "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
- ^ "Species description". Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
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