Kingdom Animalia Family Gelechiidae Genus Helcystogramma Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
Similar Helcystogramma, Butterflies and moths, Dichomeris derasella, Dichomeris rasilella, Mesophleps | ||
Helcystogramma triannulella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Herrich-Schäffer in 1854. It is found in south-western and south-eastern Siberia, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan, Korea, Japan, China, northern India and large pars of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Scandinavia, the Baltic region and the western Balkan Peninsula.
The wingspan is 12-15 mm. There are several generations between May and October in southern Europe.
The larvae feed on Ipomoea batatas, Convolutus aroensi, Convolvulus arvensis, Calystegia sepium and Calystegia japonica. They live in a folded leaf, held together by spinning.
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