Hellinsia elliottii: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pterophoridae
Genus
Hellinsia
Species
Hellinsia elliottii
Scientific Name
Hellinsia elliottii

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Hellinsia elliottii

Hellinsia elliottii is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America, including Mississippi, New York, Iowa, Quebec, Alberta and Ontario.

The wingspan is 21–26 mm. The head is very pale fuscous and the thorax and abdomen are whitish fuscous. The legs are white. The forewings are white, tinged with ocher yellow near the base and on the apical third of the costa. There is a very oblique streak of brown scales on the costa near the apex and a dark-brown spot before the fissure. A streak of irregular brown scales extends from the base of the wing to the fissure. The fringes are white. The hindwings are pure white, with a few ocher-yellow scales scattered over the surface in some specimens.

The larvae are light green with long, white, shiny hairs from the tubercles. Except on the prothorax, there is a distinct creamy dorsal line broken in the centre of each segment by a small, round dot of the ground color. Pupation takes place in a green pupa with pale ochreous markings.

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Hellinsia elliottii in languages:

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Elliot's Plume Moth

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Hellinsia elliottii
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Hellinsia elliottii
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Hellinsia elliottii
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Hellinsia elliottii
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Hellinsia elliottii
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