Helcystogramma craticula
Species of moth
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Helcystogramma craticula is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in Mozambique.[2][3]
| Helcystogramma craticula | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Helcystogramma |
| Species: | H. craticula |
| Binomial name | |
| Helcystogramma craticula (Meyrick, 1921) | |
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The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are ochreous whitish irregularly streaked longitudinally with brown suffusion and dark fuscous sprinkles, and with a stronger blackish streak along the fold. There are short very oblique dark fuscous streaks from the costa at the base and before and beyond one-fourth. The plical stigma is represented by a segment of blackish, the plical streak cut off by white marks, the discal stigmata by a dark fuscous streak with the anterior extremity cut off by white, and posterior nearly encircled by a white ring. There is a fine whitish very oblique striga from the costa at three-fourths and some minute white dots round the posterior part of the costa and termen. The termen is blackish between these. The hindwings are light slaty grey.[4]
