Helcystogramma hemiopa

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Helcystogramma hemiopa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Helcystogramma
Species:
H. hemiopa
Binomial name
Helcystogramma hemiopa
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia hemiopaMeyrick, 1921

Helcystogramma hemiopa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found on the Seychelles and in South Africa and Zimbabwe. [1]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are brown with the extreme costal edge ochreous whitish. The discal stigmata is hardly darker, edged above by crescentic whitish marks, with the plical rather obliquely before the first discal, cloudy, dark fuscous, edged on each side with white. There is a more or less obscurely indicated pale ochreous somewhat angulated shade from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus. The hindwings are rather light grey. [2]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Brachmia hemiopa Meyrick, 1921". Afromoths. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 90 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .