Hellinsia tinctus

Hellinsia tinctus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Arizona and Mexico (including the type location, Guerrero).

Hellinsia tinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. tinctus
Binomial name
Hellinsia tinctus
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus tinctus Walsingham, 1915
  • Oidaematophorus tinctus

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The antennae and palpi are whitish. The head and face are ochreous, but whitish on the crown. The thorax and abdomen are pale ochreous. The forewings are pale ochreous, strongly tinged with brownish ochreous on the costal half, along the cell, and nearly to the apex. On the apical lobe, an obliquely curved reddish-brown spot is found at the base of the fissure, as well as an elongate dark fuscous spot on the costa, above the basal half of the fissure, separated by a pale spot from a few fuscous scales beyond it. There is also a minute blackish spot on the lower edge of the apical lobe. The hindwings and cilia are shining yellowish brown.[2] Adults are on wing in August and September.[3]

References
  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America
  3. "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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