Helcystogramma lutatella
| Helcystogramma lutatella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Helcystogramma |
| Species: | H. lutatella |
| Binomial name | |
| Helcystogramma lutatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) | |
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Helcystogramma lutatella, the clay crest, is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854.[1] It is found in Uralsk, Transbaikalia, China (Fujian, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Xinjiang)[2] and almost all of Europe.[3]
The wingspan is 12-18 mm. The forewings are yellowish-brown with rounded brown spots at the middle and near the end of the cell as well as at three-fifths length of the fold. These spots are margined with yellowish-white.[4] Adults are on wing from July to early September in western Europe.[5]
The larvae feed on Calamagrostis epigeios, Dactylis glomerata, Phragmites australis[6] and Agropyrum repens.
References
- ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
- ↑ Helcystogramma at funet
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Li, H. H. and H. Zhen. (2011). Review of the genus Helcystogramma Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Dichomeridinae) from China. Journal of Natural History 45(17-18), 1035-87.
- ↑ UKmoths
- ↑ European Butterflies and Moths
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