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Lanceolate Moth

Helcystogramma hystricella

Field notes

Helcystogramma hystricella, the lanceolate helcystogramma moth, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Minnesota to Pennsylvania, south to Maryland and Kentucky, west to Oklahoma and Kansas.

The wingspan is 13–15 mm.

The larvae feed on grasses, including Elymus hystrix. They roll the leaves of their host plant. The species overwinters in the larval stage in a rolled leaf.

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United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided