Helcystogramma rusticella

Helcystogramma rusticella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Helcystogramma
Species: H. rusticella
Binomial name
Helcystogramma rusticella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia rusticella Walker, 1864

Helcystogramma rusticella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas).[1]

Adults are cupreous, the forewings with a broad irregular speckled cinereous band and a slightly zigzag transverse line between the band and the base of the wing, as well as a few minute cinereous marks near the costa and continuous to a metallic-purple submarginal band. The hindwings are whitish along the costa.[2]

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