Helcystogramma cornuta

Helcystogramma cornuta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914. It is found in Panama.[1]

Helcystogramma cornuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Helcystogramma
Species:
H. cornuta
Binomial name
Helcystogramma cornuta
(Busck, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Dichomeris cornuta Busck, 1914

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are light golden brown with the base of the costal edge and a large, triangular spot on the apical third of the costa dark brown, the edges of which are strongly iridescent. There is a dark brown spot at the end of the fold, surrounded by strongly iridescent scales. And there is a perpendicular, dark brown line at the apical fifth across the wing tip, edged exteriorly with a strongly iridescent patch of steel blue scales. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References
  1. Helcystogramma at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2043): 20


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