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.

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