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Hellinsia cajas

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Hellinsia cajas is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Ecuador.

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Quick facts about Hellinsia cajas

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Hellinsia cajas live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Hellinsia cajas is listed for 1 country.

Ecuador
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Ecuador

Is Hellinsia cajas endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Hellinsia cajas classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusHellinsia
  7. SpeciesHellinsia cajas Gielis, 2012

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Hellinsia cajas

Other species in the same genus Hellinsia.

Citron plume

Hellinsia carphodactyla

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

Mugwort plume

Hellinsia lienigianus

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

Plain plume

Hellinsia tephradactyla

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

CompareHellinsia cajas vs Citron plumeHellinsia cajas vs Small goldenrod plumeHellinsia cajas vs Goldenrod borerHellinsia cajas vs Mugwort plume

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Hellinsia cajas live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Hellinsia cajas for 1 country: Ecuador. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Hellinsia cajas?

Hellinsia cajas (Hellinsia cajas) belongs to the family Pterophoridae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Hellinsia cajas (Hellinsia cajas). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hellinsia-cajas

MLA

“Hellinsia cajas (Hellinsia cajas).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/hellinsia-cajas.

BibTeX
@misc{hellinsia_cajas_2026,
  title = {Hellinsia cajas (Hellinsia cajas)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hellinsia-cajas},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}