Haplochela trigonota

Haplochela trigonota is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1911.[1] It is found in Mexico, Panama, Guyana and Brazil.[2]

Haplochela trigonota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Haplochela
Species:
H. trigonota
Binomial name
Haplochela trigonota
(Walsingham, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Psoricoptera trigonota Walsingham, 1911
  • Chelaria mundana Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is 16–21 mm. The fore-wings are shining, fawn-ochreous, mottled with darker and paler shades of umber-brown, with some fuscous scaling at the base. There is a conspicuous flap of scales at the start of the cell and a large triangular patch on the middle of the costa, consisting of two shades of umber-brown, with some dark fuscous, preceded and followed by small costal spots of the same colour. Below it, towards the dorsum near to the base, are a few raised scales of umber-brown. The outer third of the wing, except towards the costa, is much shaded with umber-brown, mottled, especially along the termen, with dark fuscous. The hind-wings are grayish brown.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Haplochela trigonota". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. Haplochela at funet
  3. Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 58


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