Hellinsia caudelli

{{short description|Species of plume moth}}

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| taxon = Hellinsia caudelli

| authority = (Dyar, 1903)[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=6228 mothphotographersgroup]

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  • Pterophorus caudelli Dyar, 1903
  • Oidaematophorus caudelli}}

Hellinsia caudelli is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in California and Arizona.

The wingspan is {{convert|20|-|27|mm}}. The head is light brown, but yellowish white between the antennae. The antennae are whitish. The legs are also whitish, but the first two pairs are shaded with fuscous inside. The thorax and abdomen are yellowish white, the latter with a few faint brown stripes. The forewings are yellowish white with a light brown or grey brown subcostal shade. The fringes are concolorous. The hindwings and their fringes are pale brownish grey.[https://archive.org/stream/contributionston414barn/contributionston414barn_djvu.txt Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America] {{PD-notice}}

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