Helcystogramma augusta

Helcystogramma augusta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is known from north-eastern India.[1]

Helcystogramma augusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Helcystogramma
Species:	H. augusta
Binomial name
Helcystogramma augusta (Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
Strobisia augusta Meyrick, 1911 Tricyanaula augusta Meyrick, 1925

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, anteriorly tinged and somewhat streaked towards the base with orange-ochreous. The markings are pale violet-blue-metallic, dark-edged and the costal and median streaks from the base to one-third. There is an oblique irregular streak from beyond the apex of the costal streak to the disc beyond the middle, followed by an oblique fulvous streak from the costa. There is also a spot above the dorsum before the middle and an oblique striga towards the dorsum beyond the middle, as well as a straight fascia before three-fourths, interrupted above the middle, followed by a transverse somewhat lighter fuscous line. The terminal area beyond this is tinged with fulvous and obscurely streaked longitudinally with blackish-fuscous, the streaks terminated in irregular pale violet-blue-metallic spots before the margin. The hindwings are blackish-fuscous, somewhat lighter anteriorly.[2]

References

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): 727