Helcystogramma

Genus of moths

Helcystogramma

Helcystogramma rufescens
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Gelechiidae
Subfamily:  | Dichomeridinae
Genus:  | Helcystogramma
Zeller, 1877
Type species
Gelechia obseratella

Zeller, 1877

Synonyms

* Ceratophora Heinemann, 1870
* Teuchophanes Meyrick, 1914
* Schemataspis Meyrick, 1918
* Parelectra Meyrick, in Wytsman, 1925
* Psamathoscopa Meyrick, 1937
* Anathyrsotis Meyrick, 1939
* Parelectroides Clarke, 1952

Helcystogramma is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. The genus was erected by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1877.

## Distribution and diversity[edit]

The genus is distributed almost worldwide, with around half of known taxa occurring in Asia. In 1997 there were about 93 valid species,[1] and more have since been described.[2]

## Species[edit]

Helcystogramma trijunctum Helcystogramma rufescens larva

* Helcystogramma abortiva (Walsingham, 1911)
* Helcystogramma adaequata Meyrick, 1914
* Helcystogramma albilepidotum Li & Zhen, 2011
* Helcystogramma albinervis (Gerasimov, 1929)
* Helcystogramma amethystium (Meyrick, 1906)
* Helcystogramma angustum Li & Zhen, 2011
* Helcystogramma anthistis (Meyrick, 1929)
* Helcystogramma archigrapha (Meyrick, 1929)
* Helcystogramma armatum (Meyrick, 1911)
* Helcystogramma arotraeum (Meyrick, 1894)
* Helcystogramma arulensis (Rebel, 1929)
* Helcystogramma aruritis (Meyrick, 1911)
* Helcystogramma augusta (Meyrick, 1911)
* Helcystogramma badia (Braun, 1921)
* Helcystogramma balteatum (Meyrick, 1911)
* Helcystogramma bicuneum (Meyrick, 1911)
* Helcystogramma brabylitis (Meyrick, 1911)
* Helcystogramma brevinodium Li & Zhen, 2011
* Helcystogramma carycastis Meyrick, 1922
* Helcystogramma casca (Braun, 1925)
* Helcystogramma cerinura (Meyrick, 1923)
* Helcystogramma chalybea (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
* Helcystogramma chalyburga Meyrick, 1922
* Helcystogramma chambersella (Murtfeldt, 1874)
* Helcystogramma claripunctella Ponomarenko, 1998
* Helcystogramma clarkei Rose and Pathania, 2003
* Helcystogramma compositaepictum (N. Omelko & M. Omelko, 1993)
* Helcystogramma conturbata (Meyrick, 1933)
* Helcystogramma convolvuli (Walsingham, 1908) - sweet potato leafroller
* Helcystogramma cornuta (Busck, 1914)
* Helcystogramma craticula (Meyrick, 1921)
* Helcystogramma cricopa (Meyrick, 1911)
* Helcystogramma crypsinomum (Meyrick, 1929)
* Helcystogramma cyanozona (Meyrick, 1923)
* Helcystogramma daedalea (Walsingham, 1911)
* Helcystogramma delocosma (Meyrick, 1936)
* Helcystogramma deltophora (Janse, 1954)
* Helcystogramma ectopon Hodges, 1986
* Helcystogramma engraptum (Meyrick, 1918)
* Helcystogramma epicentra (Meyrick, 1911)
* Helcystogramma fernaldella (Busck, 1903)
* Helcystogramma fiscinata (Meyrick, 1918)
* Helcystogramma flavescens Junnilainen, 2010
* Helcystogramma flavifuscum Li & Zhen, 2011
* Helcystogramma flavilineolella Ponomarenko, 1998
* Helcystogramma flavistictum Li & Zhen, 2011
* Helcystogramma furvimaculare Li & Zhen, 2011
* Helcystogramma fuscomarginatum Ueda, 1995
* Helcystogramma gradatum (Meyrick, 1910)
* Helcystogramma graphicodes (Meyrick, 1914)
* Helcystogramma gypsaspis Meyrick, 1921
* Helcystogramma hapalyntis (Meyrick, 1911)
* Helcystogramma hassenzanensis Park & Hodges, 1995
* Helcystogramma helicopis (Meyrick, 1922)
* Helcystogramma hemiopa (Meyrick, 1921)
* Helcystogramma heterostigma (Diakonoff, 1967)
* Helcystogramma heterotoma (Diakonoff, 1967)
* Helcystogramma hibisci (Stainton, 1859)
* Helcystogramma hoplophorum Meyrick, 1916
* Helcystogramma hystricella (Braun, 1921)
* Helcystogramma idiastis (Meyrick, 1916)
* Helcystogramma imagibicuneum Li & Zhen, 2011
* Helcystogramma imagitrijunctum Li & Zhen, 2011
* Helcystogramma immeritellum (Walker, 1864)
* Helcystogramma ineruditum (Meyrick, 1926)
* Helcystogramma infibulatum Meyrick, 1916
* Helcystogramma juventellus (Walsingham, 1897)
* Helcystogramma klimeschi Ponomarenko & Huemer, 2001
* Helcystogramma leucoplectum (Meyrick, 1911)
* Helcystogramma lineolella (Zeller, 1839)
* Helcystogramma lithostrotum Meyrick, 1916
* Helcystogramma lochistis (Meyrick, 1911)
* Helcystogramma luminosa (Busck, 1914)
* Helcystogramma lutatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
* Helcystogramma lyrella (Walsingham, 1911)
* Helcystogramma malacogramma (Meyrick, 1909)
* Helcystogramma meconitis (Meyrick, 1913)
* Helcystogramma melanocarpa (Meyrick, 1929)
* Helcystogramma melantherella (Busck, 1900)
* Helcystogramma melissia (Walsingham, 1911)
* Helcystogramma microsema (Meyrick, 1911)
* Helcystogramma musicopa (Meyrick, 1908)
* Helcystogramma nesidias (Meyrick, 1911)
* Helcystogramma neurograpta (Meyrick, 1921)
* Helcystogramma obscuratum (Meyrick, 1911)
* Helcystogramma octophora (Meyrick, 1918)
* Helcystogramma pantheropa (Meyrick, 1913)
* Helcystogramma perceptella (Busck, 1914)
* Helcystogramma perelegans (N. Omelko & M. Omelko, 1993)
* Helcystogramma philomusum (Meyrick, 1918)
* Helcystogramma phryganitis (Meyrick, 1911)
* Helcystogramma rectangulum Li & Zhen, 2011
* Helcystogramma rhabduchum (Meyrick, 1911)
* Helcystogramma ribbeella (Zeller, 1877)
* Helcystogramma rufescens (Haworth, 1828)
* Helcystogramma rusticella (Walker, 1864)
* Helcystogramma scintillula (Walsingham, 1911)
* Helcystogramma selectella (Walker, 1864)
* Helcystogramma septella (Zeller, 1852)
* Helcystogramma sertigera Meyrick, 1923
* Helcystogramma simplex (Walsingham, 1900)
* Helcystogramma spilopis (Meyrick, 1927)
* Helcystogramma stellatella (Busck, 1914)
* Helcystogramma subvectella (Walker, 1864)
* Helcystogramma symbolica Meyrick, 1914
* Helcystogramma tegulella (Walsingham, 1897)
* Helcystogramma thesmiopa (Meyrick, 1922)
* Helcystogramma thiostoma (Meyrick, 1929)
* Helcystogramma triannulella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
* Helcystogramma trichocyma (Meyrick, 1923)
* Helcystogramma trigonella (Walsingham, 1892)
* Helcystogramma trijunctum (Meyrick, 1934)
* Helcystogramma tristellum (Snellen, 1901)
* Helcystogramma uedai Rose and Pathania, 2003
* Helcystogramma verberata (Meyrick, 1911)
* Helcystogramma victrix (Meyrick, 1911)
* Helcystogramma virescens (Walsingham, 1911)
* Helcystogramma xerastis (Meyrick, 1905)

## Former species[edit]

* Helcystogramma ceriochrantum (Meyrick, 1939)
* Helcystogramma obseratella (Zeller, 1877)

## References[edit]

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1. ^ Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.
2. ^ Li, H. H. & Zhen, H. (April 15, 2011). "Review of the genus Helcystogramma Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Dichomeridinae) from China". Journal of Natural History. 45 (17–18): 1035–1087. doi:10.1080/00222933.2011.552798.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q5226856
* Wikispecies: Helcystogramma
* AFD: Helcystogramma
* BOLD: 6343
* BugGuide: 34777
* ButMoth: 13042.0
* CoL: 92B8G
* EoL: 93688
* EPPO: 1HECYG
* Fauna Europaea: 436856
* Fauna Europaea (new): d996c12b-2d52-418b-8509-d40e3d2c0afa
* GBIF: 1850525
* iNaturalist: 177977
* IRMNG: 1042698
* LepIndex: 101834
* NBN: NHMSYS0000520353
* NCBI: 689130
* NZOR: c908008b-3aac-4f30-a27d-cfe9b9f044b9
* PPE: helcystogramma

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