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Hellinsia crescens

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Hellinsia crescens is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 5 countries, including Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica.

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Quick facts about Hellinsia crescens

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
5 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Hellinsia crescens 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 crescens is listed for 5 countries.

BrazilColombiaCosta RicaVenezuelaEcuador
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Brazil
  2. Colombia
  3. Costa Rica
  4. Ecuador
  5. Venezuela

Is Hellinsia crescens 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 crescens classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusHellinsia
  7. SpeciesHellinsia crescens (Meyrick, 1926)

Synonyms Pterophorus crescens

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Hellinsia crescens

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 crescens vs Citron plumeHellinsia crescens vs Small goldenrod plumeHellinsia crescens vs Goldenrod borerHellinsia crescens vs Mugwort plume

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Hellinsia crescens live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Hellinsia crescens for 5 countries: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Venezuela. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Hellinsia crescens?

Hellinsia crescens (Hellinsia crescens) 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 crescens (Hellinsia crescens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hellinsia-crescens

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{hellinsia_crescens_2026,
  title = {Hellinsia crescens (Hellinsia crescens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hellinsia-crescens},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}