Hellinsia glaphyrotes

Hellinsia glaphyrotes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Hellinsia
Species:	H. glaphyrotes
Binomial name
	Hellinsia glaphyrotes; (Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
	Pterophorus glaphyrotes Meyrick, 1908;

Hellinsia glaphyrotes is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Brazil, Argentina.,^[1] Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru.

The wingspan is 17–23 mm. The head is light ochreous-brown, but ochreous-white between the antennae. These and the thorax are ochreous-whitish. The abdomen is whitish, with more or less indicated fine ochreous dorsal and other lines. The hindwings are rather light grey.^[2] Adults are on wing from January to May and from October to December.^[3]

The larvae feed on Wulffia barcata.

References

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[1] LepIndex

[2] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London

[3] Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)

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