Hellinsia phlegmaticus

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

Hellinsia phlegmaticus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Mexico^[1] and Guatemala.

The wingspan is 18 mm. The forewings are pale brownish cinereous, profusely dusted with dark brownish fuscous and whitish scales, the white prevailing along the costa, especially at the base, and at the base of the fissure, up to which point the dark brown dusting is thickly distributed from the base, extending also conspicuously along the fold. The hindwings are pale brownish cinereous and rather shining. Adults are on wing in July, August, October and December.^[2]

References

1. LepIndex
2. Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)