Helcystogramma Explained

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

Distribution and diversity

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

• 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

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

Notes and References

1. Ponomarenko . M. G. . October–November 1997 . Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia . Far Eastern Entomologist . 50 . 1–67 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131020072018/http://www.biosoil.ru/fee/1997/N-050/N-050.pdf . October 20, 2013.
2. Li . H. H. . Zhen . H. . amp . April 15, 2011 . Review of the genus Helcystogramma Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Dichomeridinae) from China . Journal of Natural History . 45 . 17–18 . 1035–1087 . 10.1080/00222933.2011.552798.