Hellinsia orellanai Gielis, 2011

Kovtunovich, Vasily N. & Ustjuzhanin, Petr., 2024, New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Ecuador. Part 3, Ecologica Montenegrina 77, pp. 1-11 : 7

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2024.77.1
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D1457122-38D8-40F8-AC7A-1A32208BBF63
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B14A13-FFE0-2D07-FF75-FA1CFB45F875
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Hellinsia orellanai Gielis, 2011
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Hellinsia orellanai Gielis, 2011 View in CoL

Fig 9

Material examined. 2 male, 1 female, Ecuador, Azuay Prov., 6 km W Polleturo , 2º46′18″S, 79º26′52″W, 19.IV.2012, h - 2840 m a.s.l., V. Sinjaev leg. GoogleMaps

Note. An image of female genitalia is given for the first time.

Discussion

The fauna of Pterophoridae in Ecuador remains the best studied of all the countries of South America. To date, 146 species are known. For example, only 56 species are known from neighboring Colombia, which is four times larger than Ecuador ( Landry & Gielis 2022). Despite a considerable list of Pterophoridae species known from Ecuador, it does not provide a complete picture of the regional fauna. At present, more than a dozen female specimens remain unidentified, and it is still difficult to identify them to species. Species marked with* are recorded here for the first time for Ecuador.