Hellinsia ochricostatus
| Hellinsia ochricostatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Hellinsia |
| Species: | H. ochricostatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hellinsia ochricostatus (Zeller, 1877) | |
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Hellinsia ochricostatus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family that is found in Colombia[1] and Ecuador.
The wingspan is 27 millimetres (1.1 in). The forewings are shining white and the markings are brown. The hindwings are shining white and the fringes at the costa of the first lobe are dark grey, elsewhere they are white. Adults are on wing in October, at an altitude of 3,250 metres (10,660 ft).[2]
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