Helcystogramma cornuta
Helcystogramma cornuta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Helcystogramma |
Species: | H. cornuta |
Binomial name | |
Helcystogramma cornuta (Busck, 1914) | |
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Helcystogramma cornuta is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Busck in 1914. It is found in Panama.[1]
The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are light golden brown with the base of the costal edge and a large, triangular spot on the apical third of the costa dark brown, the edges of which are strongly iridescent. There is a dark brown spot at the end of the fold, surrounded by strongly iridescent scales. And there is a perpendicular, dark brown line at the apical fifth across the wing tip, edged exteriorly with a strongly iridescent patch of steel blue scales. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]
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