Helcystogramma microsema is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found on the Seychelles,[1] where it has been recorded from Mahé.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Helcystogramma |
| Species: | H. microsema
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| Helcystogramma microsema (Meyrick, 1911)
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The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are dark purplish fuscous, the stigmata black, with the plical beneath the first discal, edged anteriorly by a small whitish dot. There is an ochreous-whitish dot on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
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- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Helcystogramma microsema (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Helcystogramma microsema (Meyrick, 1911)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2) 14: 274
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