Helcystogramma lutatella

Helcystogramma lutatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Helcystogramma
Species: H. lutatella
Binomial name
Helcystogramma lutatella
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis lutatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

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.

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