Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea

Family

Gelechiidae

Subfamily

Dichomeridinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Dichomeridini

Genus

Helcystogramma Zeller, 1877

Type Species

Gelechia (Helcystogramma) obseratella Zeller, 1877

= Ceratophora Heinemann, 1870 (preocc.) (TS: Recurvaria rufescens Haworth, 1828)
= Teuchophanes Meyrick, 1914b (TS: Teuchophanes leucopleura Meyrick, 1914)
= Schemataspis Meyrick, 1918 (TS: Brachmia gradata Meyrick, 1910d)
= Parelectra Meyrick, 1925a (preocc.) (TS: Strobisia helicopis Meyrick, 1922)
= Psamathoscopa Meyrick, 1937 (TS: Onebala simplex Walsingham, 1900)
= Anathyrsotis Meyrick, 1939 (TS: Anathyrsotis ceriochranta Meyrick, 1939)
= Parelectroides Clarke, 1952 (repl. Parelectra Meyrick, 1925) (TS: Strobisia helicopis Meyrick, 1922)

Species/Subspecies

Helcystogramma amethystias Meyrick, 1906 (Zalithia)

Type Locality

Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Peradeniya

Remarks

Larva feed on the fungus bed in nest of termite (Meyrick 1918).

Distribution

States/Union Territories

Karnataka

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Deccan Peninsula, Western Ghats

Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea

Distribution

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