''Hellinsia'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s in the family

Pterophoridae The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblag ...

. It was created by

J.W. Tutt James William Tutt (26 April 1858–10 January 1911) was an England, English schoolteacher and entomologist. He was a founding editor of the journal ''Entomologists' Record'' from 1890 and published a landmark series on the ''British Lepidoptera ...

in honour of the entomologist

John Hellins :''This subject should not be confused with his grandson John Hellins, 1829–1887, clergyman and entomologist''. John Hellins FRS ( 1749 – 5 April 1827) was a British autodidact, schoolteacher, mathematician, astronomer and country parson ...

Species

The genus contains the following species: *'' Hellinsia acuminatus'' (Meyrick, 1920) *'' Hellinsia adumbratus'' (Walsingham, 1881) *'' Hellinsia aegyptiacus'' (Rebel, 1914) *'' Hellinsia aethiopicus'' (Amsel, 1963) *''

Hellinsia agraphodactylus ''Hellinsia agraphodactylus'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the Dominican Republic. Records from North America are probably a misidentification. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the ...

'' (Walker, 1864) *''

Hellinsia aguilerai ''Hellinsia aguilerai'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ecuador. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–20 ...

'' Gielis, 2011 *''

Hellinsia aistleitneri ''Hellinsia aistleitneri'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by Ernst Arenberger in 2006. It occurs in Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cap ...

'' Arenberger, 2006 *''

Hellinsia albidactylus ''Hellinsia albidactylus'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Japan (Honshu), Korea, China and Russia. The wingspan is about and the length of the forewings is 10–11 mm. The larvae feed on Asteraceae The fami ...

'' (Yano, 1963) *'' Hellinsia albilobata'' (McDunnough, 1939) *''

Hellinsia aldabrensis ''Hellinsia aldabrensis'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1910 and is known from the Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, Républiq ...

'' (T.B. Fletcher, 1910) *''

Hellinsia alfaroi ''Hellinsia alfaroi'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ecuador. The wingspan is 17 mm. The forewings are pale brown-ochreous and the markings are dark brown. The hindwings are dark grey-brown, ochreous tinged in the basa ...

'' Gielis, 2011 *'' Hellinsia ammonias'' (Meyrick, 1909) *''

Hellinsia angela ''Hellinsia angela'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ecuador. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 h ...

'' Gielis, 2011 *''

Hellinsia angulofuscus ''Hellinsia angulofuscus'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Argentina (Salta), Brazil (São Paulo) and Paraguay (Asuncion). The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingt ...

'' (Gielis, 1991) *''

Hellinsia ares ''Hellinsia ares'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is endemic to the US state of Utah. The species was first described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. The wingspan is . The head is brown, but tawny white between th ...

'' (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) *''

Hellinsia argutus ''Hellinsia argutus'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, th ...

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Hellinsia arion ''Hellinsia arion'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that can be found in North America, including Alberta and Arizona. The species was first described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. The wingspan is about . The head, th ...

'' (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) *'' Hellinsia aruna'' Arenberger, 1991 *'' Hellinsia auster'' (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) *''

Hellinsia balanotes ''Hellinsia balanotes'', the baccharis borer, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae which is native to Guatemala, northern Mexico, and the United States including Arizona, Texas, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina and Maryland, but has been int ...

'' (Meyrick, 1908) (sometimes placed in '' Oidaematophorus'') *'' Hellinsia barbatus'' *'' Hellinsia basalis'' (Möschler, 1890) *'' Hellinsia basuto'' Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2011Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P. 2011. On the fauna of the plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) of Lesotho. ''

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Former species

*'' Hellinsia ecstaticus'' (Meyrick, 1932) *'' Hellinsia pacifica'' *'' Hellinsia purus''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5707609 Oidaematophorini Moth genera Taxa named by J. W. Tutt