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Two New Species of the Gelechiid-Moth Genus Helcystogramma Zeller, 1877 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Panama

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Two new species of the gelechiid-moth genus Helcystogramma are described from Panama: H. jeffi sp. n. and H. almi sp. n. Based on the male genitalia characters, they are assigned to the perelegans and trijunctum groups, respectively, both established for the regional fauna of China. Helcystogramma effi sp. n. is morphologically similar to H. amethystias (Meyrick) from the Indo-Malayan Region and to H. perelegans (N. Omelko et M. Omelko) from East Asia, but differs in the uncus of the male genitalia bearing rounded lobes distally. Helcystogramma almi sp. n. is similar to H. carycastis (Meyrick), a species from Brazil and British Guiana, in a variegate coloration of the wings, but it is closer to H. imagitrijunctum Li et Zhen and H. albilepidotum Li et Zhen, both from China, in the male genitalia structure.

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The study is carried out within the framework of the state project of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (no. 121031000120-9).

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  1. Federal Scientific Center of East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022, Vladivostok, Russia

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Omelko, M.M., Omelko, N.V. Two New Species of the Gelechiid-Moth Genus Helcystogramma Zeller, 1877 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Panama. Entmol. Rev. 103, 241–246 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873823020112

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