Helcystogramma lutatella
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| Helcystogramma lutatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
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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 Agropyrum repens.
References
- ^ 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 May 25, 2018.
- ^ 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