Hellinsia cajanuma

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

Hellinsia cajanuma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. cajanuma
Binomial name
Hellinsia cajanuma
Gielis, 2011

The wingspan is 26 mm. The forewings are straw-yellow and the marking are brown. The hindwings are pale grey. The fringes in the distal half are dark grey and proximal half pale ochreous. Adults are on wing in October, at an altitude of 2,850 meters.[1]

Etymology

The species is named after the collecting site, the Cajanuma Ranger Station in Podocarpus National Park, near Loja in southern Ecuador.

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