''Hellinsia cristobalis'' is a

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 ...

of the family Pterophoridae. It is found on the Galapagos Islands. 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 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

is . Adults have been recorded in February, November and possibly December.

References

Moths described in 1992 cristobalis Pterophoridae of South America Endemic fauna of the Galápagos Islands Moths of South America {{Oidaematophorini-stub