Hellinsia tetraonipennis

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

Hellinsia tetraonipennis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in Guatemala^[1] and Mexico (Sonora).

The wingspan is 19 millimetres (0.75 in). The forewings are pale ochreous and the markings are pale brown. The hindwings and fringes are brown grey. Adults are on wing in August, at an altitude around 1,400 metres (4,600 ft).^[2]

References[]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterophorus tetraonipennis". 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.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterophorus tetraonipennis". 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.

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