''Helcystogramma'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the family

Gelechiidae The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy (biology), taxonomy ...

. The genus was erected by

Philipp Christoph Zeller Philipp Christoph Zeller (8 April 1808 – 27 March 1883) was a German entomologist. Zeller was born at Steinheim an der Murr, Württemberg, two miles from Marbach, the birthplace of Schiller. The family moved to Frankfurt (Oder) where Ph ...

in 1877.

Distribution and diversity

The genus is distributed almost worldwide, with around half of known taxa occurring in

Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

. 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'' Li & Zhen, 2011 *'' Helcystogramma albinervis'' (Gerasimov, 1929) *'' Helcystogramma amethystium'' (Meyrick, 1906) *'' Helcystogramma angustum'' Li & Zhen, 2011 *'' Helcystogramma anthistis'' (Meyrick, 1929) *'' Helcystogramma archigrapha'' (Meyrick, 1929) *'' Helcystogramma armatum'' (Meyrick, 1911) *'' Helcystogramma arotraeum'' (Meyrick, 1894) *'' Helcystogramma arulensis'' (Rebel, 1929) *'' Helcystogramma aruritis'' (Meyrick, 1911) *'' Helcystogramma augusta'' (Meyrick, 1911) *'' Helcystogramma badia'' (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'' (Braun, 1925) *'' Helcystogramma cerinura'' (Meyrick, 1923) *'' Helcystogramma chalybea'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *'' Helcystogramma chalyburga'' Meyrick, 1922 *'' Helcystogramma chambersella'' (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'' (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'' (Meyrick, 1918) *'' Helcystogramma flavescens'' Junnilainen, 2010 *'' Helcystogramma flavifuscum'' Li & Zhen, 2011 *'' Helcystogramma flavilineolella'' Ponomarenko, 1998 *''

Helcystogramma flavistictum ''Helcystogramma flavistictum'' 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 Gansu, Henan and Shaanxi. The wingspan is 13–14.5 mm. References

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Helcystogramma lutatella ''Helcystogramma lutatella'', the clay crest, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854. It is found in Uralsk, Transbaikalia, China (Fujian, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Hen ...

'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) *'' Helcystogramma lyrella'' (Walsingham, 1911) *'' Helcystogramma malacogramma'' (Meyrick, 1909) *'' Helcystogramma meconitis'' (Meyrick, 1913) *'' Helcystogramma melanocarpa'' (Meyrick, 1929) *'' Helcystogramma melantherella'' (Busck, 1900) *'' Helcystogramma melissia'' (Walsingham, 1911) *'' Helcystogramma microsema'' (Meyrick, 1911) *'' Helcystogramma musicopa'' (Meyrick, 1908) *'' Helcystogramma nesidias'' (Meyrick, 1911) *'' Helcystogramma neurograpta'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Helcystogramma obscuratum'' (Meyrick, 1911) *'' Helcystogramma octophora'' (Meyrick, 1918) *'' Helcystogramma pantheropa'' (Meyrick, 1913) *'' Helcystogramma perceptella'' (Busck, 1914) *'' Helcystogramma perelegans'' (N. Omelko & M. Omelko, 1993) *''

Helcystogramma philomusum ''Helcystogramma philomusum'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Sri Lanka and north-eastern India. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the dista ...

'' (Meyrick, 1918) *'' Helcystogramma phryganitis'' (Meyrick, 1911) *'' Helcystogramma rectangulum'' Li & Zhen, 2011 *'' Helcystogramma rhabduchum'' (Meyrick, 1911) *'' Helcystogramma ribbeella'' (Zeller, 1877) *'' Helcystogramma rufescens'' (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'' (Walsingham, 1897) *'' Helcystogramma thesmiopa'' (Meyrick, 1922) *'' Helcystogramma thiostoma'' (Meyrick, 1929) *'' Helcystogramma triannulella'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) *'' Helcystogramma trichocyma'' (Meyrick, 1923) *'' Helcystogramma trigonella'' (Walsingham, 1892) *'' Helcystogramma trijunctum'' (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

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5226856 Dichomeridinae Gelechiidae genera Taxa named by Philipp Christoph Zeller