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Helcystogramma craticula

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Helcystogramma craticula
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H. craticula
Binomial name
Helcystogramma craticula
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia craticula Meyrick, 1921
  • Onebala craticula Meyrick, 1921

Helcystogramma craticula is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in Mozambique.[2][3]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish irregularly streaked longitudinally with brown suffusion and dark fuscous irroration, and with a stronger blackish streak along the fold. There are short very oblique dark fuscous streaks from the costa at the base and before and beyond one-fourth. The plical stigma is represented by a segment of blackish the plical streak cut off by white marks, the discal stigmata by a dark fuscous streak with the anterior extremity cut off by white, and posterior nearly encircled by a white ring. There is a fine whitish very oblique striga from the costa at three-fourth and some minute white dots round the posterior part of the costa and termen. The termen is blackish between these. The hindwings are light slaty-grey.[4]

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Onebala craticula​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. ^ Helcystogramma at funet
  3. ^ Afro Moths
  4. ^ Meyrick, E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2): 90 Archived 2015-01-22 at the Wayback Machine