Helcystogramma lutatella

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]

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

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
  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 May 25, 2018.
  2. Helcystogramma at funet
  3. Fauna Europaea
  4. 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.
  5. UKmoths


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