Hellinsia chlorias

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

Hellinsia chlorias, the chlorias plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the United States, including Mississippi,^[2] New York, Colorado and Kentucky.

The wingspan is 22–25 mm. The head is pale yellow ocherous. The antennae are pale ocherous. The thorax and abdomen are pale yellowish ocherous. The forewings are light brownish ocherous, often more or less suffused with whitish ocherous. The hindwings are gray.^[3]

Taxonomy[]

Hellinsia chlorias is sometimes listed as a synonym of Hellinsia kellicottii.

References[]

^ "460113.00 – 6212.1 – Hellinsia chlorias – (Meyrick, 1908)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
^ Matthews, D. L. (2010). "Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Southern Lepidopterists' News. 32 (2): 50–55.
^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London

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[1] "460113.00 – 6212.1 – Hellinsia chlorias – (Meyrick, 1908)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 25, 2018.

[2] Matthews, D. L. (2010). "Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Southern Lepidopterists' News. 32 (2): 50–55.

[3] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London

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