Helcystogramma fiscinata

Helcystogramma fiscinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Helcystogramma
Species:	H. fiscinata
Binomial name
Helcystogramma fiscinata (Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
Brachmia fiscinata Meyrick, 1918

Helcystogramma fiscinata is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa.^[1]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish, marked between the veins with brown lines irrorated with dark fuscous, less marked and incomplete on the costal two-fifths, strong on the rest of the wing, especially two terminating beneath the apex in a suffused terminal spot. There are very oblique suffused dark fuscous lines from the costa at one-fifth, two-fifths and four-fifths, crossing the costal two-fifths. The stigmata is small, dark fuscous and slightly edged with whitish, with the plical somewhat before the first discal. The hindwings are grey.^[2]

References

1. Helcystogramma at funet
2. Ann. Transv. Mus. 6 (2) : 26