Helcystogramma microsema

Helcystogramma microsema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Helcystogramma
Species: H. microsema
Binomial name
Helcystogramma microsema
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia microsema Meyrick, 1911

Helcystogramma microsema is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found on the Seychelles,[1] where it has been recorded from Mahé.[2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous, the stigmata black, with the plical beneath the first discal, edged anteriorly by a small whitish dot. There is an ochreous-whitish dot on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are grey.[3]

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