Helcystogramma adaequata

Helcystogramma adaequata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana.[1]

Helcystogramma adaequata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Helcystogramma
Species:
H. adaequata
Binomial name
Helcystogramma adaequata
Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a leaden-grey median streak from the base to the dorsal blotch. There is a large semi-oval blotch of ground colour partially suffused with ferruginous and finely edged with whitish, extending on the dorsum from one-fourth to three-fifths, its upper edge rather prominent in the middle and reaching two-thirds of the way across the wing. There is a thick blue-leaden-grey streak along the costa from the base to one-third, then continued along the posterior edge of the dorsal blotch to the dorsum, where it coalesces with a narrower slightly curved transverse streak from the costa beyond the middle, the space between these in the disc is occupied by two transversely placed oval spots of blackish-fuscous suffusion edged with whitish. There is also an oblique ochreous-whitish strigula from the costa at one-third, and a small spot on the costa at two-thirds, where a faint irregular line runs to the dorsum before the tornus. A blue-leaden-metallic line runs from the costa before the apex to the tornus, indented outwards and interrupted beneath the apex. There is also a black terminal line, edged with ochreous-whitish. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Helcystogramma adaequata Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 271. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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