Helcystogramma leucoplectum

Helcystogramma leucoplectum is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is known from India, Indonesia (Java) and Sri Lanka.[1]

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

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The forewings are olive-ochreous suffusedly mixed with blackish, towards the posterior half of the costa and entire terminal area wholly suffused with blackish. The markings are leaden-metallic edged with black and there is a broad streak along the costa from the base to the middle, thence continued across the wing to three-fourth of the dorsum, connected also at one-fourth with a blotch on the basal portion of the dorsum. There is a rounded-transverse white spot on the costa at three-fifths, touching a leaden-metallic spot in the disc beneath it. There is also an irregular thick transverse streak close before the termen, leaving the termen olive-ochreous edged with a black marginal line. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[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): 729