Hellinsia cristobalis
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Hellinsia cristobalis is a moth
of the Pterophoridae family. It is found on the Galapagos Islands
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The wingspan
is 13-16 mm. The antennae have longitudinal dark brown and white stripes on a basal dark brown ground colour. There are scales on the thorax, these are basally beige, apically greyish brown and white laterally at the apex. The forewings are mostly have basally pale brown and apically darker brown scales, irrorated with pure white scales. The Hindwings and their fringes are greyish brown.
Adults have been recorded in February and November.
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 on the Galapagos Islands
Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean, west of continental Ecuador, of which they are a part.The Galápagos Islands and its surrounding waters form an Ecuadorian province, a national park, and a...
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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 13-16 mm. The antennae have longitudinal dark brown and white stripes on a basal dark brown ground colour. There are scales on the thorax, these are basally beige, apically greyish brown and white laterally at the apex. The forewings are mostly have basally pale brown and apically darker brown scales, irrorated with pure white scales. The Hindwings and their fringes are greyish brown.
Adults have been recorded in February and November.