Helcystogramma musicopa

Helcystogramma musicopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Helcystogramma
Species:	H. musicopa
Binomial name
	Helcystogramma musicopa; (Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
	Brachmia musicopa Meyrick, 1908;

Helcystogramma musicopa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1908. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (North Kivu) and South Africa (Gauteng).[1]

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are purplish-grey, the veins marked with well-defined lines of black and brown irroration. There is a fine costal streak from the base to four-fifth, another subcostal from the base to the middle, and a more or less broad dorsal suffusion from the base to three-fourth, all ochreous-whitish, sometimes partially tinged with yellowish. The second discal stigma is represented by a round whitish-yellowish spot, marked beneath or almost wholly suffused with ochreous-brown, sometimes centred with dark fuscous. The hindwings are whitish-grey.[2]

References

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[1] Afro Moths

[2] Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1908 : 727