Helcystogramma pantheropa

Helcystogramma pantheropa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Helcystogramma
Species:	H. pantheropa
Binomial name
	Helcystogramma pantheropa; (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
	Brachmia pantheropaMeyrick, 1913; Onebala pantheropaMeyrick, 1913;

Last updated June 05, 2022

Helcystogramma pantheropa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.^[1] It is found in South Africa.^[2]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are dark ashy fuscous, slightly whitish sprinkled with a slight pale ochreous dash beneath the costa near the base and a pale yellow-ochreous transverse blotch representing the plical and first discal stigmata, reaching the dorsum, more or less brownish suffused except on the margins. There is also a blackish or dark brown spot representing the second discal, sometimes edged with pale yellow ochreous, as well as a triangular suffused pale yellow-ochreous spot on the costa at three-fourths, where a very fine indistinct angulated line of pale ochreous scales runs to the tornus. The hindwings are dark grey.^[3]

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Onebala pantheropa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 25, 2018.
↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Helcystogramma pantheropa (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
↑ Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 296 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Onebala pantheropa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Helcystogramma pantheropa (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 296 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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