Helcystogramma carycastis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Guyana and Amazonas, Brazil.[1]
| Helcystogramma carycastis | |
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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. carycastis
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| Binomial name | |
| Helcystogramma carycastis Meyrick, 1922
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The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The forewings are ferruginous or red brown with a white streak along the fold from the base to near the middle of the wing and with a streak of dark fuscous suffusion along the dorsum throughout. There are two light metallic-grey fasciae edged with blackish, the first from the middle of the costa, at first very broad and extended as a slender whitish streak to the base, rapidly narrowed to the dorsal suffusion at two-thirds, finely white edged anteriorly except towards the costa, and more strongly posteriorly expanding into a triangular white costal spot, the second at four-fifths, narrow, constricted in the middle, irregularly white edged, forming a white spot beneath the costa posteriorly. The costal edge towards the apex is white and there is a light metallic-grey triangular spot on the termen below the middle, and a slight mark at the apex. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]
References
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- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Helcystogramma carycastis Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 104.
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