Helcystogramma brabylitis

Helcystogramma brabylitis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is known from south-eastern India[1] and on Java in Indonesia.[2]

Helcystogramma brabylitis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Helcystogramma
Species:
H. brabylitis
Binomial name
Helcystogramma brabylitis
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Strobisia brabylitis Meyrick, 1911
  • Onebala brabylitis Meyrick, 1925

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are bronzy blackish with leaden-bluish-metallic markings. There is a streak along the costa from the base to near the middle, as well as four rather narrow transverse fasciae, the first at one-third, expanded on the dorsum as a suffused patch to the base, the second oblique, from the extremity of the costal streak to the dorsum beyond the middle, the third from a triangular white spot on the costa at two-third, slightly curved, confluent with the second on the dorsum. The fourth is terminal. The hindwings are blackish fuscous.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Helcystogramma brabylitis (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  3. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 729.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.