Hypatima iophana
| Hypatima iophana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Hypatima |
| Species: | H. iophana |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypatima iophana (Meyrick, 1913) | |
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Hypatima iophana is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand[2] and Indonesia (Java).[3]
The wingspan is 14-16 mm. The forewings are brownish mixed with grey and raised whitish scales, strewn with irregular black longitudinal marks on the veins. There are some irregular tufts of scales, especially a large tuft in the disc at two-fifths. There is a triangular blackish blotch occupying the median third of the costa, and reaching two-thirds across the wing. The hindwings are fuscous, thinly scaled and subhyaline anteriorly, with strong violet-blue iridescence and with the veins, apical area, and termen suffused with dark fuscous.[4]
References
- ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
- ↑ Species Diversity 4 : 322
- ↑ Hypatima at funet
- ↑ J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 162
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