''Haplochela trigonota'' is a
moth in the family
Gelechiidae. It was described by
Thomas de Grey in 1911.
It is found in
Mexico,
Panama,
Guyana
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and
Brazil.
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.
Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 58
References
Chelariini
Moths described in 1911
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