Helcystogramma lochistis

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

Helcystogramma lochistis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is known from India and Sri Lanka.^[1]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous, faintly purple tinged. The stigmata is cloudy, blackish, with the plical beneath the first discal, larger, suffused, preceded by some white scales. There is a pale whitish-ochreous spot on the costa at three-fourths and a terminal series of indistinct dark fuscous dots. The hindwings are grey.^[2]

References[]

^ Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.
^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 723.

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[1] Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.

[2] Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 723.

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