Helcystogramma cyanozona

Helcystogramma cyanozona is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is known from southern India.[1]

Helcystogramma cyanozona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Helcystogramma
Species:
H. cyanozona
Binomial name
Helcystogramma cyanozona
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Tricyanaula cyanozona Meyrick, 1925

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with purple-blue-metallic markings and slender costal and median streaks from the base to one-fourth, some yellowish suffusion between these, some blue scales on the dorsum towards the base and a somewhat oblique-transverse blotch from the costa before the middle reaching half across wing, and a longitudinal mark on the fold beneath this. There is an almost straight transverse streak at three-fifths and a small spot on the costa towards the apex, and three on the termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 26.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.