Helcystogramma hoplophorum

Helcystogramma hoplophorum is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1916. It is known from India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.[1]

Helcystogramma hoplophorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Helcystogramma
Species:	H. hoplophorum
Binomial name
Helcystogramma hoplophorum Meyrick, 1916
Synonyms
Helcystogramma hoplophora Meyrick, 1916 Onebala hoplophora Meyrick, 1925

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are bronzy-brown with violet-blue-metallic markings, somewhat edged with dark fuscous and with a streak along the costa from the base to beyond one-third, thence obliquely downwards to below the middle of the disc. There is a subdorsal streak from the base of the dorsum to beyond one-third and a transverse irregular streak at three-fifths. The costal extremity is white, the ground colour beyond this wholly dark fuscous. There is also an irregular waved streak just before the termen. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References

1. Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
2. Exot. Microlep. 1 (19): 577