Hellinsia auster
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Hellinsia auster is a moth
of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Arizona
(including the type location, Mohave County).
The wingspan
is 20-27 mm. The head is blackish-brown, white between antennae, which are dark with a white line above, sometimes broken into dots. The thorax is whitish, although the scales are lightly tipped with grey-brown, more heavily in a band which crosses the thorax. The abdomen is grey brown with a few white scales. Above it is marked with two white stripes which contain a pair of diverging black streaks on each segment. In the posterior half of the abdomen, the bases of each pair of streaks are connected by a broad dorsal dash in the posterior margin of the preceding segment. There are also some blackish lateral dashes and two pale ventral stripes. The forewings are clothed with mixed white and brownish grey scales and more or less sprinkled with black. The hindwings and their fringes are brownish grey.
Adults have been recorded in May, August and September.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
(including the type location, Mohave County).
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 20-27 mm. The head is blackish-brown, white between antennae, which are dark with a white line above, sometimes broken into dots. The thorax is whitish, although the scales are lightly tipped with grey-brown, more heavily in a band which crosses the thorax. The abdomen is grey brown with a few white scales. Above it is marked with two white stripes which contain a pair of diverging black streaks on each segment. In the posterior half of the abdomen, the bases of each pair of streaks are connected by a broad dorsal dash in the posterior margin of the preceding segment. There are also some blackish lateral dashes and two pale ventral stripes. The forewings are clothed with mixed white and brownish grey scales and more or less sprinkled with black. The hindwings and their fringes are brownish grey.
Adults have been recorded in May, August and September.