Hellinsia varioides

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| taxon = Hellinsia varioides

| authority = (McDunnough, 1939)[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=6222 mothphotographersgroup]

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  • Oidaematophora varioides McDunnough, 1939

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Hellinsia varioides is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America, including California.

The wingspan is 20–24 mm. The forewings are unicolorous pale greyish white. The costal

edge in the basal half is (at times) narrowly brownish. The hindwings are pale greyish

with faintly smoky fringes.[http://pubs.esc-sec.ca/doi/abs/10.4039/Ent71109-5 Pterophorid Descriptions and Notes (Lepid.) by J. MCDUNNOUGH, The Canadian Entomologist 1962, Vol. 94] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120714002642/http://pubs.esc-sec.ca/doi/abs/10.4039/Ent71109-5 |date=2012-07-14 }}

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