''Helcystogramma xerastis'' is a

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in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. It is found in

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. The

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is 15–16 mm. The forewings are brownish ochreous, ferruginous tinged sometimes suffused with rather dark fuscous on the dorsal half anteriorly and on the veins posteriorly. The stigmata is ferruginous ochreous with some dark fuscous scales, partially edged with whitish, the plical elongate, dash like, rather before the first discal. There is a terminal series of fuscous or dark fuscous dots. The hindwings are pellucid (translucent), grey whitish, posteriorly and on the veins suffused with greyish ochreous.''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. 16 (4): 599.

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Moths described in 1905 xerastis Moths of Asia {{Helcystogramma-stub