Helcystogramma brabylitis

Helcystogramma brabylitis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is known from south-eastern India[1] and on Java.[2]

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

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are bronzy-blackish with leaden-bluish-metallic markings. There is a streak along the costa from the base to near the middle, as well as four rather narrow transverse fasciae, the first at one-third, expanded on the dorsum as a suffused patch to the base, the second oblique, from the extremity of the costal streak to the dorsum beyond the middle, the third from a triangular white spot on the costa at two-third, slightly curved, confluent with the second on the dorsum. The fourth is terminal. The hindwings are blackish-fuscous.[3]

References

1. Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
2. Helcystogramma at funet
3. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (3): 729