Helcystogramma immeritellum

Helcystogramma immeritellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Helcystogramma
Species:	H. immeritellum
Binomial name
	Helcystogramma immeritellum; (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
	Gelechia immeritella Walker, 1864; Strobisia immeritella Meyrick, 1911; Schemataspis immeritella Meyrick, 1925;

Helcystogramma immeritellum is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is known from Java in Indonesia and from Sri Lanka.^[1]

Adults are fawn coloured, the forewings with five whitish oblique elongated costal spots, the first before the middle, the second beyond and the rest near the tip. The hindwings are paler.^[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.
^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 634

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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] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 634

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