Helcystogramma Imagibicuneum
''Helcystogramma imagibicuneum'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Hou-Hun Li and Hui Zhen in 2011. It is found in Shaanxi, China. The wingspan is about 9.5 mm. The forewings are greyish brown, with scattered dark brown scales, blackish brown along the apex and termen and blackish brown mottled with yellow above the tornus. There are two oblique stripes and the costal margin has two short white streaks in the distal quarter. There is also a triangular black-brown spot near the end of the cell and two fasciae near the termen. The hindwings are brown. References

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Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ...
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