Hypatima binummulata

Hypatima binummulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Hypatima
Species:	H. binummulata
Binomial name
	Hypatima binummulata; (Meyrick, 1929)
Synonyms
	Chelaria binummulata Meyrick, 1929;

Hypatima binummulata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929.^[1] It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.^[2]^[3]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are grey speckled whitish with a black dot towards the costa near base and a semi-oval black spot on the middle of the costa, two superposed suboval black spots in the disc slightly before this, and a few black scales between these and the dorsum. There is an erect darker grey spot somewhat mixed black from the dorsum before the tornus, and a transverse darker grey spot in the disc beyond this. The hindwings are grey.^[4]

References[]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima binummulata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Hypatima binummulata (Meyrick, 1929)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Hypatima binummulata (Meyrick, 1929)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (17): 513.

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima binummulata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Hypatima binummulata (Meyrick, 1929)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.

[3] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Hypatima binummulata (Meyrick, 1929)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 1, 2020.

[4] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (17): 513.

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