Helcystogramma octophora is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Helcystogramma |
| Species: | H. octophora
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| Binomial name | |
| Helcystogramma octophora (Meyrick, 1918)
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The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are shining leaden grey with an irregular outwards-oblique orange fascia from the base of the dorsum, not reaching the costa. There is a deep bronzy blackish-edged transverse blotch from the dorsum somewhat before the middle, broadest on the dorsum, reaching three-fourths of the way across the wing, the apex rounded and margined by a crescentic orange streak. There is also an 8-shaped orange patch filled up with fuscous, entirely crossing the wing beyond the middle from the costa to the dorsum, edged with blackish. There is also a rather curved orange line from four-fifths of the costa to just before the tornus, strongly indented in the middle, edged anteriorly with irregular black scales and posteriorly with blackish suffusion. There is also a black basal line, which is light grey beneath tornus. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
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- ^ Savela, Markku (February 10, 2019). "Helcystogramma octophora (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (August 1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 25 – via Sabinet.
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