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Hellinsia aguilerai

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Hellinsia aguilerai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. aguilerai
Binomial name
Hellinsia aguilerai
Gielis, 2011

Hellinsia aguilerai is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ecuador.

The wingspan is 23 mm. The forewings are grey-brown. The hindwings and fringes are brown-grey. Adults are on wing in December, at an altitude of 2,650 m.[1]

Etymology

The species is named after President Jaime Roldos Aguilera from Ecuador, who died in an airplane accident in 1981.

References

  1. ^ Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)


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