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Hellinsia elliottii

Synonyms: Alucita elliottii

Wikipedia Abstract

Hellinsia elliottii is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. 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 ochre 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 ochre yellow scales scattered over the surface in some specimens.
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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