Helcystogramma craticula

Helcystogramma craticula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Helcystogramma
Species: H. craticula
Binomial name
Helcystogramma craticula
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia craticula Meyrick, 1921

Helcystogramma craticula is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. 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]

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