Helcystogramma musicopa

Helcystogramma musicopa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gauteng in South Africa.[1]

Helcystogramma musicopa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Helcystogramma
Species:
H. musicopa
Binomial name
Helcystogramma musicopa
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia musicopa Meyrick, 1908

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are purplish grey, the veins marked with well-defined lines of black and brown irroration (sprinkles). There is a fine costal streak from the base to four-fifths, another subcostal from the base to the middle, and a more or less broad dorsal suffusion from the base to three-fourths, all ochreous whitish, sometimes partially tinged with yellowish. The second discal stigma is represented by a round whitish-yellowish spot, marked beneath or almost wholly suffused with ochreous brown, sometimes centred with dark fuscous. The hindwings are whitish grey.[2]

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Brachmia musicopa Meyrick, 1908". Afromoths. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  2. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1908: 727. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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