Helcystogramma cricopa

Helcystogramma cricopa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found on the Seychelles,[1] where it has been recorded from Mahé and Silhouette.[2]

Helcystogramma cricopa
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H. cricopa
Binomial name
Helcystogramma cricopa
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia cricopa Meyrick, 1911

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are purplish-fuscous with the discal stigmata represented by a few blackish scales surrounded by pale ochreous rings, the second larger, the plical reduced to a pale ochreous dot, slightly before the first discal. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

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