''Helcystogramma'' is a genus of

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 w ...

s 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

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. In 1997 there were about 93 valid species, and more have since been described.

Species

*'' Helcystogramma abortiva'' (Walsingham, 1911) *'' Helcystogramma adaequata'' Meyrick, 1914 *''

Helcystogramma albilepidotum ''Helcystogramma albilepidotum'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Hou-Hun Li and Hui Zhen in 2011. It is found in Sichuan, China. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from ...

'' Li & Zhen, 2011 *''

Helcystogramma albinervis ''Helcystogramma albinervis'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Aleksey Maksimovich Gerasimov in 1929. It is found in Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Latvia, Ukraine and Russia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just ...

'' (Gerasimov, 1929) *'' Helcystogramma amethystium'' (Meyrick, 1906) *''

Helcystogramma angustum ''Helcystogramma angustum'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Hou-Hun Li and Hui Zhen in 2011. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Guizhou and Hubei. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airpla ...

'' Li & Zhen, 2011 *'' Helcystogramma anthistis'' (Meyrick, 1929) *''

Helcystogramma archigrapha ''Helcystogramma archigrapha'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular reg ...

'' (Meyrick, 1929) *'' Helcystogramma armatum'' (Meyrick, 1911) *''

Helcystogramma arotraeum ''Helcystogramma arotraeum'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1894. It is known from Japan, Taiwan, China (Hainan, Jiangxi, Yunnan), Myanmar, Thailand, northeastern India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Indone ...

'' (Meyrick, 1894) *'' Helcystogramma arulensis'' (Rebel, 1929) *'' Helcystogramma aruritis'' (Meyrick, 1911) *'' Helcystogramma augusta'' (Meyrick, 1911) *''

Helcystogramma badia ''Helcystogramma badia'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1921. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California and Nevada to southern British Columbia and Utah. The wings ...

'' (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 ''Helcystogramma casca'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1925. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Saskatchewan and British Columbia to Utah, Colorado and Oregon ...

'' (Braun, 1925) *'' Helcystogramma cerinura'' (Meyrick, 1923) *'' Helcystogramma chalybea'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *'' Helcystogramma chalyburga'' Meyrick, 1922 *''

Helcystogramma chambersella ''Helcystogramma chambersella'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Mary Murtfeldt in 1874. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mis ...

'' (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 ''Helcystogramma daedalea'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1911. It is found in Mexico (Tabasco). The wingspan is about 14 mm. There is a short shining grey basal patch on the forewings, ill-defined e ...

'' (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 ''Helcystogramma fiscinata'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa. The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are ochreous whitish, marked between the veins with brown ...

'' (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 ''Helcystogramma graphicodes'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in South Africa. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip ...

'' (Meyrick, 1914) *'' Helcystogramma gypsaspis'' Meyrick, 1921 *'' Helcystogramma hapalyntis'' (Meyrick, 1911) *'' Helcystogramma hassenzanensis'' Park & Hodges, 1995 *''

Helcystogramma helicopis ''Helcystogramma helicopis'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Peru and Amazonas, Brazil. The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are blackish with the extreme base grey and w ...

Helcystogramma lineolella ''Helcystogramma lineolella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and the Balkan Peninsu ...

Helcystogramma rufescens ''Helcystogramma rufescens'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe. The wingspan is 14–17 mm. Forewings with termen straight; light reddish-ochreous, sometimes darker between veins posteriorly ; second, dis ...

'' (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 ''Helcystogramma tegulella'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1897. It is found in Panama, the West Indies and Guyana. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance f ...

'' (Walsingham, 1897) *'' Helcystogramma thesmiopa'' (Meyrick, 1922) *'' Helcystogramma thiostoma'' (Meyrick, 1929) *''

Helcystogramma triannulella ''Helcystogramma triannulella'' is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was originally described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854. It is found in south-western and south-eastern Siberia, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, ...

'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) *'' Helcystogramma trichocyma'' (Meyrick, 1923) *'' Helcystogramma trigonella'' (Walsingham, 1892) *''

Helcystogramma trijunctum ''Helcystogramma trijunctum'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in China (Anhui, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan) and Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in ...

'' (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)

References

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