Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Helcystogramma | |
Helcystogramma idiastis is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1916. It is known from north-eastern India.
The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are grey, finely irrorated with ochreous-whitish. The stigmata is moderate, dark fuscous, laterally edged with white, with the plical beneath the first discal. There is a terminal row of dark fuscous dots. The hindwings are light grey,.
The larvae feed on Panicum species.
References
Helcystogramma idiastis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA