Hellinsia tinctus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae.

It is found in Arizona and Mexico (including the type location, Guerrero).

The head and face are ochreous, but whitish on the crown.

On the apical lobe, an obliquely curved reddish-brown spot is found at the base of the fissure, as well as an elongate dark fuscous spot on the costa, above the basal half of the fissure, separated by a pale spot from a few fuscous scales beyond it.

There is also a minute blackish spot on the lower edge of the apical lobe.