Helcystogramma cornuta
| Helcystogramma cornuta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Helcystogramma |
| Species: | H. cornuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Helcystogramma cornuta (Busck, 1914) | |
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Helcystogramma cornuta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914. It is found in Panama.[1]
The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are light golden brown with the base of the costal edge and a large, triangular spot on the apical third of the costa dark brown, the edges of which are strongly iridescent. There is a dark brown spot at the end of the fold, surrounded by strongly iridescent scales. And there is a perpendicular, dark brown line at the apical fifth across the wing tip, edged exteriorly with a strongly iridescent patch of steel blue scales. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]
References
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- ^ Helcystogramma at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2043): 20
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