Helcystogramma plutelliformis (Snellen, 1901)
 (previously known as Ceratophora plutelliformis)
DICHOMERINAE,   GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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Stella Crossley

Helcystogramma plutelliformis
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

These adult moths have dark brown forewings each with a broad pale stripe along the hind margin. The hindwings are pale brown. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

Helcystogramma plutelliformis
drawing by Pieter C. T. Snellen, listed as Ceratophora plutelliformis,
Beschrijvingen van nieuwe exotische Tortricinen, Tineinen en Pterophorinen,
Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, Volume 44 (1901), Plate 6, fig. 4,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

The species has been reported in Australia in:

  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen,
    Beschrijvingen van nieuwe exotische Tortricinen, Tineinen en Pterophorinen,
    Tijdschrift voor Entomologie,
    Volume 44 (1901), p. 84, and also Plate 6, figs. 4-4a.

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    (updated 1 June 2011, 29 March 2019, 2 May 2021)