Helcystogramma engraptum

Helcystogramma engraptum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Helcystogramma
Species:	H. engraptum
Binomial name
	Helcystogramma engraptum; (Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
	Brachmia engraptaMeyrick, 1918;

Last updated February 24, 2024

Helcystogramma engraptum is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is known from Pakistan ^[1] and India.

The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings are brown, with the cell clouded fuscous and with suffused fuscous interneural streaks, in females two beneath the apex sprinkled with blackish. The stigmata is indicated by some darker suffusion, and the lateral margins are marked by small cloudy whitish dots, with the plical rather before the first discal. There is an obscure cloudy whitish dot on the costa at three-fourths, where a faint paler angulated shade crosses the wing. There are indications of dark fuscous marginal dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are light grey.^[2]

The larvae feed on Ipomoea batatas .

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References

↑ 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.
↑ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 114. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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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] Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 114. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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