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Helcystogramma xerastis

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Helcystogramma xerastis
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H. xerastis
Binomial name
Helcystogramma xerastis
(Meyrick, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Torodora xerastis Meyrick, 1905

Helcystogramma xerastis is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. 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

  1. ^ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  2. ^ Helcystogramma at funet
  3. ^ J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 16 (4): 599