Helcystogramma amethystium

Helcystogramma amethystium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Helcystogramma
Species: H. amethystium
Binomial name
Helcystogramma amethystium
(Meyrick, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Zalithia amethystias Meyrick, 1906
  • Strobisia amethystias Meyrick, 1911
  • Tricyanaula amethystias Meyrick, 1925

Helcystogramma amethystium is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1906. It is known from India and Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dull ochreous-orange sprinkled with fuscous. The markings are prismatic violet-blue, partially edged with dark fuscous. There are narrow costal and median streaks from the base to one-third, an oblique mark from the costa before the middle, not reaching half across the wing and a short longitudinal mark beneath the disc before the middle. There is also a straight narrow fascia at two-thirds, interrupted above the middle. The apical fourth is blackish, except for a terminal line, with the anterior edge straight, near and parallel to preceding the fascia, including a small round violet-silvery-metallic spot on the costa and four others before the termen. The hindwings are dark fuscous, bronzy-tinged.[2]

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