| Haplochela trigonota | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Haplochela |
| Species: | H. trigonota |
| Binomial name | |
| Haplochela trigonota (Walsingham, 1911) | |
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Haplochela trigonota is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey in 1911. [1] It is found in Mexico, Panama, Guyana and Brazil. [2]
The wingspan is 16–21 mm. The fore-wings are shining, fawn-ochreous, mottled with darker and paler shades of umber-brown, with some fuscous scaling at the base. There is a conspicuous flap of scales at the start of the cell and a large triangular patch on the middle of the costa, consisting of two shades of umber-brown, with some dark fuscous, preceded and followed by small costal spots of the same colour. Below it, towards the dorsum near to the base, are a few raised scales of umber-brown. The outer third of the wing, except towards the costa, is much shaded with umber-brown, mottled, especially along the termen, with dark fuscous. The hind-wings are grayish brown. [3]
