Helcystogramma craticula

Helcystogramma craticula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Helcystogramma
Species:	H. craticula
Binomial name
	Helcystogramma craticula; (Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
	Brachmia craticula Meyrick, 1921; Onebala craticula Meyrick, 1921;

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]

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]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Onebala craticula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Helcystogramma craticula (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Brachmia craticula Meyrick, 1921". Afromoths. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 90 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Onebala craticula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Helcystogramma craticula (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.

[3] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Brachmia craticula Meyrick, 1921". Afromoths. Retrieved August 30, 2020.

[4] Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 90 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.