Helcystogramma leucoplectum
| Helcystogramma leucoplectum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Helcystogramma |
| Species: | H. leucoplectum |
| Binomial name | |
| Helcystogramma leucoplectum (Meyrick, 1911) | |
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Helcystogramma leucoplectum is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is known from India, Indonesia (Java) and Sri Lanka.[1]
The wingspan is 8-9 mm. The forewings are olive-ochreous suffusedly mixed with blackish, towards the posterior half of the costa and entire terminal area wholly suffused with blackish. The markings are leaden-metallic edged with black and there is a broad streak along the costa from the base to the middle, thence continued across the wing to three-fourth of the dorsum, connected also at one-fourth with a blotch on the basal portion of the dorsum. There is a rounded-transverse white spot on the costa at three-fifths, touching a leaden-metallic spot in the disc beneath it. There is also an irregular thick transverse streak close before the termen, leaving the termen olive-ochreous edged with a black marginal line. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]