''Helcystogramma brabylitis'' is a

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in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is known from south-eastern

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and on

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in Indonesia. The

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is about 12 mm. The forewings are bronzy blackish with leaden-bluish-metallic markings. There is a streak along the costa from the base to near the middle, as well as four rather narrow transverse fasciae, the first at one-third, expanded on the dorsum as a suffused patch to the base, the second oblique, from the extremity of the costal streak to the dorsum beyond the middle, the third from a triangular white spot on the costa at two-third, slightly curved, confluent with the second on the dorsum. The fourth is terminal. The hindwings are blackish fuscous.''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. 20 (3): 729.

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