Helcystogramma infibulatum

Helcystogramma infibulatum is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is known from India and Sri Lanka.[1]

Helcystogramma infibulatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Helcystogramma
Species:	H. infibulatum
Binomial name
Helcystogramma infibulatum Meyrick, 1916
Synonyms
Helcystogramma infibulata Meyrick, 1916 Onebala infibulata Meyrick, 1925

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dark brown with a thick light ochreous-brown streak along the dorsum from the base to three-fourths, the upper edge shortly prominent before the middle of the wing, edged with white from the base to this, the ground colour suffused with dark fuscous towards it. There is a broad grey postmedian band included between two rather oblique white lines, edged with dark fuscous anteriorly, first strongly suffused with white on the upper half posteriorly, second running to the tornus, enlarged into a white triangular spot on the costa, within this band is an elongate-oval dark fuscous finely white-edged blotch in the disc. There is also a white streak along the lower part of the termen, including two black linear dots, sometimes extended around the apex. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

References

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. Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (19): 577.