Helcystogramma hoplophorum

Helcystogramma hoplophorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Helcystogramma
Species:	H. hoplophorum
Binomial name
	Helcystogramma hoplophorum; Meyrick, 1916
Synonyms
	Helcystogramma hoplophora Meyrick, 1916; Onebala hoplophora Meyrick, 1925;

Helcystogramma hoplophorum is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1916. It is known from India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.^[1]

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are bronzy-brown with violet-blue-metallic markings, somewhat edged with dark fuscous and with a streak along the costa from the base to beyond one-third, thence obliquely downwards to below the middle of the disc. There is a subdorsal streak from the base of the dorsum to beyond one-third and a transverse irregular streak at three-fifths. The costal extremity is white, the ground colour beyond this wholly dark fuscous. There is also an irregular waved streak just before the termen. The hindwings are dark fuscous.^[2]

References

^ Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
^ Exot. Microlep. 1 (19): 577

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[1] Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Exot. Microlep. 1 (19): 577

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