Helcystogramma verberata

Helcystogramma verberata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Helcystogramma
Species:	H. verberata
Binomial name
	Helcystogramma verberata; (Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
	Brachmia verberata Meyrick, 1911;

Helcystogramma verberata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (North Kivu), Kenya and South Africa.^[1]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous suffused with brownish and sprinkled with dark fuscous, sometimes with a few whitish scales. There is an undefined basal patch of dark fuscous suffusion, the outer edge running from two-fifths of the costa to one-fifth of the dorsum. There are three undefined fasciae of dark fuscous suffusion, the first from beyond the middle of the costa to before the middle of the dorsum, the second at four-fifths, parallel to the termen, the third terminal. The stigmata are small, blackish, with the plical slightly before the first discal. The hindwings are grey.^[2]

References

^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Brachmia verberata Meyrick, 1911". Afromoths. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
^ Meyrick, E. (April 1911). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (1): 68 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Brachmia verberata Meyrick, 1911". Afromoths. Retrieved August 31, 2020.

[2] Meyrick, E. (April 1911). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (1): 68 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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