Helcystogramma xerastis
Helcystogramma xerastis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1905.[1] It is found in Pakistan.[2]
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The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are brownish-ochreous, ferruginous-tinged sometimes suffused with rather dark fuscous on the dorsal half anteriorly and on the veins posteriorly. The stigmata is ferruginous-ochreous with some dark fuscous scales, partially edged with whitish, the plical elongate, dash-like, rather before the first discal. There is a terminal series of fuscous or dark fuscous dots. The hindwings are pellucid, grey-whitish, posteriorly and on the veins suffused with greyish-ochreous.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Onebala xerastis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
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- J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 16 (4): 599
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