Hellinsia salticola
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Hellinsia salticola is a moth
of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Peru
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The wingspan
is 22-23 mm. The head is brown with a white patch between the antennae. The thorax is brown, although the anterior half is white. The abdomen is whitish. The forewings are rather dark brown and the hindwings are 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 Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
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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 22-23 mm. The head is brown with a white patch between the antennae. The thorax is brown, although the anterior half is white. The abdomen is whitish. The forewings are rather dark brown and the hindwings are grey.