Hellinsia falsus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is found in the US states of California and Arizona and in Mexico's Baja California.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Hellinsia |
| Species: | H. falsus
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The wingspan is 22–25.5 mm. Adults are entirely chalky white. There is a faint brownish shade in the costal region of forewings, sometimes with the entire surface underlain with brownish gray or rarely dark. The hindwings are tinged with brownish gray. All fringes are concolorous.[2] Adults are on wing in March, August and December.[3]
References
edit- ^ "460119.00 – 6220 – Hellinsia falsus – (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
- ^ Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. Retrieved 2017-01-18 – via archive.org.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
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