Helcystogramma albilepidotum

Helcystogramma albilepidotum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Helcystogramma
Species:	H. albilepidotum
Binomial name
Helcystogramma albilepidotum Li & Zhen, 2011

Helcystogramma albilepidotum is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Li and Zhen in 2011. It is found in Sichuan, China.^[1]

The wingspan is about 15-16 mm. The forewings are dark yellowish-brown, with scattered dark brown scales. There are black scale tufts at the middle of cell and at the middle of the fold, as well as a white scale tuft at the end of the cell and a narrow dark brown fascia from the costal four-fifths to before the tornus. The hindwings are pale grey.

Etymology

The species name refers to the white scale tuft at end of cell on forewing and is derived from Latin albus (meaning white) and lepidotus (meaning scaled).^[2]

References

1. Helcystogramma at funet
2. Li, H. H. and H. Zhen. (2011). Review of the genus Helcystogramma Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Dichomeridinae) from China. Journal of Natural History 45(17-18), 1035-87.