Helcystogramma aruritis

Helcystogramma aruritis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Helcystogramma
Species:	H. aruritis
Binomial name
	Helcystogramma aruritis; (Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
	Brachmia aruritis Meyrick, 1911;

Helcystogramma aruritis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is known from Sri Lanka.^[1]

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish fuscous, the veins marked by lines of black irroration (sprinkles), partially and variably edged with whitish-ochreous dashes and lines, especially subcostal and plical lines towards the base, and a subterminal series of dashes. The stigmata is obscure, blackish, partially edged with whitish ochreous, and the plical is elongate, all tending to be merged in the dark streaks. The hindwings are grey.^[2]

References

^ Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.
^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 723. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.

[2] Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 723. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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