Helcystogramma aruritis

Helcystogramma aruritis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Helcystogramma
Species: H. aruritis
Binomial name
Helcystogramma aruritis
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia aruritis Meyrick, 1911

Helcystogramma aruritis is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is known from Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish-fuscous, the veins marked by lines of black irroration, partially and variably edged with whitish-ochreous dashes and lines, especially subcostal and plical lines towards the base, and a subterminal series of dashes. The stigmata is obscure, blackish, partially edged with whitish-ochreous, and the plical is elongate, all tending to be merged in the dark streaks. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia
  2. ↑ J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (3): 723


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