Hellinsia perditus
Encyclopedia
Hellinsia perditus is a moth
of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in California
and Colorado
.
The wingspan
is 19-25 mm. The head is dark brown, but yellowish white between the antennae. These are dark with a slender line of whitish above. The thorax is pale yellowish white. The abdomen is similar to the thorax, but with some grey scales and a faint brown dorsal stripe. The costa of the forewings is yellowish, sometimes obscured toward the base. Just inside of this line, the wing is brownish grey, becoming gradually paler toward the inner margin with an increasing admixture of whitish scales. The veins are sometimes darker in the second lobe. The fringes are brownish grey with paler bases but yellowish on the costa. The hindwings and their fringes are 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 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...
and Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
.
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 19-25 mm. The head is dark brown, but yellowish white between the antennae. These are dark with a slender line of whitish above. The thorax is pale yellowish white. The abdomen is similar to the thorax, but with some grey scales and a faint brown dorsal stripe. The costa of the forewings is yellowish, sometimes obscured toward the base. Just inside of this line, the wing is brownish grey, becoming gradually paler toward the inner margin with an increasing admixture of whitish scales. The veins are sometimes darker in the second lobe. The fringes are brownish grey with paler bases but yellowish on the costa. The hindwings and their fringes are brownish grey.