Hellinsia aguilerai is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ecuador.
| Hellinsia aguilerai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Hellinsia |
| Species: | H. aguilerai
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| Binomial name | |
| Hellinsia aguilerai Gielis, 2011
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The wingspan is 23 mm. Adults are on wing in December, at an altitude of 2,650 m.[1]
Etymology
editThe species is named after President Jaime Roldos Aguilera from Ecuador, who died in an airplane accident in 1981.
References
edit- ^ "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
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