Helcystogramma leucoplectum

Helcystogramma leucoplectum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Helcystogramma
Species: H. leucoplectum
Binomial name
Helcystogramma leucoplectum
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Strobisia leucoplecta Meyrick, 1911
  • Onebala leucoplecta Meyrick, 1925

Helcystogramma leucoplectum is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is known from India, Indonesia (Java) and Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The forewings are olive-ochreous suffusedly mixed with blackish, towards the posterior half of the costa and entire terminal area wholly suffused with blackish. The markings are leaden-metallic edged with black and there is a broad streak along the costa from the base to the middle, thence continued across the wing to three-fourth of the dorsum, connected also at one-fourth with a blotch on the basal portion of the dorsum. There is a rounded-transverse white spot on the costa at three-fifths, touching a leaden-metallic spot in the disc beneath it. There is also an irregular thick transverse streak close before the termen, leaving the termen olive-ochreous edged with a black marginal line. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (3): 729


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