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Helcystogramma triannulella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854.[1] It is found in south-western and south-eastern Siberia, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan, Korea, Japan, China, northern India[2] and large parts of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Scandinavia, the Baltic region and the western Balkan Peninsula.[3]

Helcystogramma triannulella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Helcystogramma
Species:	H. triannulella
Binomial name
Helcystogramma triannulella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Synonyms
Anacampsis triannulella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Gelechia sepiella Steudel, 1866 Brachmia triannulella var. cinerea Caradja, 1931 Brachmia macroscopa Meyrick, 1932 Onebala triannulella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

The wingspan is 12–15 mm.[4] There are several generations between May and October in southern Europe.

The larvae feed on Ipomoea batatas, Convolvulus arvensis, Calystegia sepium and Calystegia japonica. They live in a folded leaf, held together by spinning.[5]

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