Helcystogramma lochistis

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

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

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous, faintly purple-tinged. The stigmata is cloudy, blackish, with the plical beneath the first discal, larger, suffused, preceded by some white scales. There is a pale whitish-ochreous spot on the costa at three-fourth and a terminal series of indistinct dark fuscous dots. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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