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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Helcystogramma |
| Species: | H. lutatella
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| Helcystogramma lutatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
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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.
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Savela, Markku (10 February 2019). "Helcystogramma lutatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kimber, Ian. "35.030 BF869 Helcystogramma lutatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)". UKMoths. Retrieved 8 July 2020.