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Helcystogramma cricopa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Helcystogramma

Helcystogramma cricopa is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found on the Seychelles, where it has been recorded from Mahé and Silhouette.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are purplish-fuscous with the discal stigmata represented by a few blackish scales surrounded by pale ochreous rings, the second larger, the plical reduced to a pale ochreous dot, slightly before the first discal. The hindwings are light grey.

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Helcystogramma cricopa Wikipedia