''Hellinsia iobates'' is a

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of the family

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that is found in the U.S. state of

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. The species was first described by

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and

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in 1921. The

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is . The head is brown above and in front and brownish white between the antennae. These are slender with a somewhat broken brown line above. The

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and abdomen are brownish white, the latter sprinkled with brown scales about as heavily as the forewings and usually marked with single brown dorsal dots in the posterior margins of the segments and a powdery ventral line. The forewings are brownish white to pale tawny, in the first case a little

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in first lobe and in the second more whitish toward the base. The wings are sprinkled with dark brown scales, most heavily in the second lobe and along the inner half. The

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is limited to these areas in some specimens. The

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is usually darkened with these scales in the basal half, always with a long dash over the base of the cleft and one or two spots beyond, the outer one larger. The irroration forms a poorly defined spot at the base of the cleft and sometimes a smaller spot near the middle of the cell. The fringes are concolorous with the wing on the inner margin and in the base of the cleft, becoming much darker toward the

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of both lobes. The dark areas contain brownish-black basal scales at the apices of the lobes, and a few clusters of pale scales before the apices. The hindwings and fringes are pale gray brown.''Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America''

References

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iobates In Greek mythology, Iobates or Jobates (Ancient Greek: Ἰοβάτης) was a Lycian king, the father of Antea and Philonoe. He was sometimes named Amphianax.Pierre Grimal : ''A Concise Dictionary of Classical Mythology'', s.v. "Stheneboea" ...

Endemic fauna of Arizona Moths described in 1921 Endemic insects of the United States Fauna of the Southwestern United States