Hypatima tephroptila
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Species: | H. tephroptila
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Hypatima tephroptila (Meyrick, 1931)
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Hypatima tephroptila is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931.[1] It is found in southern India.[2]
The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are whitish irrorated (sprinkled) with light fuscous and with a short fine black line from the base beneath the costa. A dark fuscous triangular patch extends on the costa from one-fifth to five-sixths, its apex almost reaching the dorsum in the middle, with two large discal tufts within its anterior edge, two others beyond these, and two at three-fourths, of which the lower falls outside the patch, these tufts tipped with leaden grey. The hindwings are light grey, thinly scaled and purplish-subhyaline in the disc and with the veins grey.[3]
References[]
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima tephroptila". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Hypatima tephroptila (Meyrick, 1931)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4: 70.
Categories:
- Hypatima
- Moths described in 1931
- Hypatima stubs