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Hellinsia crescens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Hellinsia
Species:	H. crescens
Binomial name
Hellinsia crescens (Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
Pterophorus crescens Meyrick, 1926

Hellinsia crescens is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Venezuela and Costa Rica.

The wingspan is 32–36 millimetres (1.3–1.4 in). Adults are on wing in January, March and December, at an altitude of 1,700 to 3,500 meters.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Pterophorus crescens​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
2. "BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
3. "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.

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