Helcystogramma lutatella

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Helcystogramma lutatella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Helcystogramma
Species:
H. lutatella
Binomial name
Helcystogramma lutatella
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis lutatellaHerrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Onebala lutatellaHerrich-Schäffer, 1854

Helcystogramma lutatella, the clay crest, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. 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 and Elymus repens .

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Onebala lutatella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (10 February 2019). "Helcystogramma lutatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  3. Fauna Europaea
  4. Li, H. H. & Zhen, H. (15 April 2011). "Review of the genus Helcystogramma Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Dichomeridinae) from China". Journal of Natural History. 45 (17–18): 1035–1087. doi:10.1080/00222933.2011.552798.
  5. Kimber, Ian. "35.030 BF869 Helcystogramma lutatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)". UKMoths. Retrieved 8 July 2020.