Hellinsia urbanus
Encyclopedia
Hellinsia urbanus is a moth
of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Puerto Rico
and Guatemala
.
The wingspan
is about 14 mm. The antennae are whitish ochreous. The head and thorax are pale ochreous. The forewings are pale ochreous, slightly suffused with brownish ochreous. The hindwings and cilia are shining light brownish cupreous.
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 Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
and Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
.
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 about 14 mm. The antennae are whitish ochreous. The head and thorax are pale ochreous. The forewings are pale ochreous, slightly suffused with brownish ochreous. The hindwings and cilia are shining light brownish cupreous.