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Helcystogramma lutatella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 Onebala lutatella Herrich-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. It is found in Uralsk, Transbaikalia, China (Fujian, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Xinjiang) and almost all of Europe.

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. Adults are on wing from July to early September in western Europe.

The larvae feed on Calamagrostis epigeios, Dactylis glomerata, Phragmites australis and Elymus 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 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.

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