Helcystogramma aruritis

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

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

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish-fuscous, the veins marked by lines of black irroration, partially and variably edged with whitish-ochreous dashes and lines, especially subcostal and plical lines towards the base, and a subterminal series of dashes. The stigmata is obscure, blackish, partially edged with whitish-ochreous, and the plical is elongate, all tending to be merged in the dark streaks. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

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[1] Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine

[2] J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (3): 723