Hellinsia cadmus
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Hellinsia cadmus is a moth
of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in North America
, including Arizona
(including the type location, the Huachuca Mountains
) and California
.
The wingspan
is 14-16 mm. The head is brown in front, slightly brownish above and white between the antennae. The antennae and palpi are white. The thorax and abdomen are whitish, the latter with three brown stripes below and sometimes vague traces of two above. The forewings are white, irrorated with brown. The brown scales darken the first lobe rather evenly, but are more or less blotchy elsewhere. At the base of the cleft is a white space preceded by a curved, powdery brown line which margins a patch of brown irroration joining a costal brown dash over the base of the cell. Beyond this is one other costal spot. The fringes are white or whitish, in the cleft with brownish grey tufts at and before the apex of the first lobe. They are white on the costa, grey brown at spots and brownish grey mixed with white elsewhere, with two white patches on the outer margin of the second lobe. The hindwings and their fringes are very pale brownish grey.
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 North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, including 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, the Huachuca Mountains
Huachuca Mountains
The Huachuca Mountain range is part of the Sierra Vista Ranger District of the Coronado National Forest. The Huachuca Mountains are located in Cochise County, Arizona approximately south-southeast of Tucson and southwest of the city of Sierra Vista, Arizona...
) and California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
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 14-16 mm. The head is brown in front, slightly brownish above and white between the antennae. The antennae and palpi are white. The thorax and abdomen are whitish, the latter with three brown stripes below and sometimes vague traces of two above. The forewings are white, irrorated with brown. The brown scales darken the first lobe rather evenly, but are more or less blotchy elsewhere. At the base of the cleft is a white space preceded by a curved, powdery brown line which margins a patch of brown irroration joining a costal brown dash over the base of the cell. Beyond this is one other costal spot. The fringes are white or whitish, in the cleft with brownish grey tufts at and before the apex of the first lobe. They are white on the costa, grey brown at spots and brownish grey mixed with white elsewhere, with two white patches on the outer margin of the second lobe. The hindwings and their fringes are very pale brownish grey.