''Hellinsia gratiosus'' is a
moth of the family
Pterophoridae. It is found in North America (including
California,
British Columbia and
Alberta)
The
wingspan is about . The head and palpi are dark brown and the antennae are pale brownish, dotted above with white and dark-brown scales. The
thorax is greyish brown, although the anterior portion is lighter. The abdomen is fawn brown and the legs are greyish brown. The forewings are pale
cinereous
Cinereous is a colour, meaning ashy grey in appearance, either consisting of or resembling ashes, or a grey colour tinged with coppery brown. It is derived from the Latin ''cinereus'', from ''cinis'' (ashes).
The first recorded use of ''cinere ...
, dusted with dark brown. There is an oblique brown spot located before the base of the fissure and a longitudinal brown
costal line nearly opposite the base of the fissure. The fringes are concolorous with the wings. The hindwings and fringes are brownish cinereous, although the third feather is whitish.
The pterophoridae of North America
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References
gratiosus
Moths of North America
Fauna of California
Moths described in 1881
Fauna of the Western United States
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