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Hellinsia corvus

Synonyms: Oidaematophorus corvus

Wikipedia Abstract

Hellinsia corvus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in California, Colorado, Alberta and British Columbia. The wingspan is 17–20 millimetres (0.67–0.79 in). The head is brown, but pale yellow between the antennae. These are whitish, dotted with brown above. The thorax and abdomen are pale yellow to very pale greyish yellow, the latter with a fine light brown dorsal line. The thorax is yellowish in front in darker specimens and slightly brownish above in the lighter ones. The forewings are clear pale yellow in the lightest specimens, with some brown scales near base, sometimes a small brown dot a short distance before the base of the cleft, and sometimes a brown subcostal shade which meets the costa in the first lobe. Sometimes, the wings have a pale yellowish or greyish yel
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0