Helcystogramma pantheropa

Helcystogramma pantheropa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]

Helcystogramma pantheropa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Helcystogramma
Species:
H. pantheropa
Binomial name
Helcystogramma pantheropa
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia pantheropa Meyrick, 1913
  • Onebala pantheropa Meyrick, 1913

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are dark ashy-fuscous, slightly whitish-sprinkled with a slight pale ochreous dash beneath the costa near the base and a pale yellow-ochreous transverse blotch representing the plical and first discal stigmata, reaching the dorsum, more or less brownish-suffused except on the margins. There is also a blackish or dark brown spot representing the second discal, sometimes edged with pale yellow-ochreous, as well as a triangular suffused pale yellow-ochreous spot on the costa at three-fourths, where a very fine indistinct angulated line of pale ochreous scales runs to the tornus. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Onebala pantheropa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. Helcystogramma at funet
  3. Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4) : 295 Archived 2016-03-15 at the Wayback Machine


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