Helcystogramma rufescens is a moth of the family Gelechiidae.

[2] Forewings with termen straight; light reddish-ochreous, sometimes darker between veins posteriorly; second, discal stigma sometimes fuscous.

The larva is white; subdorsal line and lateral series of oblique marks dark grey; dots black; 3-6 black, 3 and 4 white-edged anteriorly, 6 with brown dorsal blotch; head and plate of 2 black .

[7] The larvae feed on various grasses, including Brachypodium sylvaticum, Arrhenatherum elatius, Poa trivialis, Dactylis glomerata, Phalaris arundinacea, Melica nutans, Calamagrostis arundinacea and Calamagrostis epigejos.

This article on a moth of genus Helcystogramma is a stub.