Hellinsia emmorus

Hellinsia emmorus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Hellinsia
Species:	H. emmorus
Binomial name
	Hellinsia emmorus; (Walsingham, 1915)
Synonyms
	Pterophorus emmorus Walsingham, 1915;

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

^ 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

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[1] 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.

[2] "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.

[3] Species description

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