Helcystogramma rusticella
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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. rusticella
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| Binomial name | |
| Helcystogramma rusticella (Walker, 1864)
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Helcystogramma rusticella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.[1]
Adults are cupreous, the forewings with a broad irregular speckled cinereous band and a slightly zigzag transverse line between the band and the base of the wing, as well as a few minute cinereous marks near the costa and continuous to a metallic-purple submarginal band. The hindwings are whitish along the costa.[2]
References[edit]
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- ^ Savela, Markku. "Helcystogramma rusticella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 621
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