Helcystogramma armatum
Species of moth
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Helcystogramma armatum is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is known from northeastern India.[1]
| Helcystogramma armatum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Helcystogramma |
| Species: | H. armatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Helcystogramma armatum (Meyrick, 1911) | |
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The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are rather bright fulvous with bluish-leaden-metallic markings edged with blackish scales and with a streak from the base along the costa to one-third, thence obliquely across the wing to two-thirds of the dorsum, where it meets a slightly curved rather narrow fascia from three-fifths of the costa. There is a subdorsal streak from the base to two-fifths and a small white mark on the costa beyond the postmedian fascia. The posterior area beyond this fascia is wholly black, except for an irregular blue-leaden-metallic fascia close before the termen, leaving a fulvous black-edged terminal line. The hindwings are blackish fuscous.[2]
