Helcystogramma xerastis

Helcystogramma xerastis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Helcystogramma
Species:	H. xerastis
Binomial name
	Helcystogramma xerastis; (Meyrick, 1905)
Synonyms
	Torodora xerastis Meyrick, 1905; Onebala xerastis Meyrick, 1905;

Helcystogramma xerastis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1905.^[1] It is found in Pakistan.^[2]

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are brownish-ochreous, ferruginous-tinged sometimes suffused with rather dark fuscous on the dorsal half anteriorly and on the veins posteriorly. The stigmata is ferruginous-ochreous with some dark fuscous scales, partially edged with whitish, the plical elongate, dash-like, rather before the first discal. There is a terminal series of fuscous or dark fuscous dots. The hindwings are pellucid, grey-whitish, posteriorly and on the veins suffused with greyish-ochreous.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Onebala xerastis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
^ Helcystogramma at funet
^ J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 16 (4): 599

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Onebala xerastis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[2] Helcystogramma at funet

[3] J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 16 (4): 599

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