Hellinsia iobates
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Hellinsia iobates is a moth
of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Arizona
.
The wingspan
is 17-20 mm. The head is brown above and in front and brownish white between the antennae. These are slender with a somewhat broken brown line above. The thorax and abdomen are brownish white, the latter sprinkled with brown scales about as heavily as the forewings and usually marked with single brown dorsal dots in the posterior margins of the segments and a powdery ventral line. The forewings are brownish white to pale tawny, in the first case a little ochreous in first lobe and in the second more whitish toward the base. The wings are sprinkled with dark brown scales, most heavily in the second lobe and along the inner half. The irroration is limited to these areas in some specimens. The costa is usually darkened with these scales in the basal half, always with a long dash over the base of the cleft and one or two spots beyond, the outer one larger. The irroration forms a poorly defined spot at the base of the cleft and sometimes a smaller spot near the middle of the cell. The fringes are concolorous with the wing on the inner margin and in the base of the cleft, becoming much darker toward the apices of both lobes. The dark areas contain brownish black basal scales at the apices of the lobes, and a few clusters of pale scales before the apices. The hindwings and fringes are pale grey-brown.
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 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...
.
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 17-20 mm. The head is brown above and in front and brownish white between the antennae. These are slender with a somewhat broken brown line above. The thorax and abdomen are brownish white, the latter sprinkled with brown scales about as heavily as the forewings and usually marked with single brown dorsal dots in the posterior margins of the segments and a powdery ventral line. The forewings are brownish white to pale tawny, in the first case a little ochreous in first lobe and in the second more whitish toward the base. The wings are sprinkled with dark brown scales, most heavily in the second lobe and along the inner half. The irroration is limited to these areas in some specimens. The costa is usually darkened with these scales in the basal half, always with a long dash over the base of the cleft and one or two spots beyond, the outer one larger. The irroration forms a poorly defined spot at the base of the cleft and sometimes a smaller spot near the middle of the cell. The fringes are concolorous with the wing on the inner margin and in the base of the cleft, becoming much darker toward the apices of both lobes. The dark areas contain brownish black basal scales at the apices of the lobes, and a few clusters of pale scales before the apices. The hindwings and fringes are pale grey-brown.