Hypatima tephroptila
| Hypatima tephroptila | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Hypatima |
| Species: | H. tephroptila |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypatima tephroptila (Meyrick, 1931) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hypatima tephroptila is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1931.[1] It is found in southern India.[2]
The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are whitish irrorated 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-sixth, 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 leaden-grey. The hindwings are light grey, thinly scaled and purplish-subhyaline in the disc and with the veins grey.[3]
References
- ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
- ↑ Hypatima at funet
- ↑ Exotic Microlep. 4: 70
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