Hypatima nimbigera
| Hypatima nimbigera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Hypatima |
| Species: | H. nimbigera |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypatima nimbigera (Meyrick, 1926) | |
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Hypatima nimbigera is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found in Papua New Guinea, where it has been recorded from New Ireland.[2]
The wingspan is 16-19 mm. The forewings are light grey suffused white with a blackish dot on the base of the costa, and one towards the costa near the base. There are small dark fuscous spots on the costa before and beyond one-fourth, and a semi-oval spot in the middle. There is an irregular patch of dark grey suffusion mixed blackish extending along the dorsum from one-fourth to three-fourths, triangularly prominent in the middle and nearly reaching the median costal spot. There is a similar subterminal fascia leaving a whitish space before the tornus but slenderly connected with the preceding above this. There are two small blackish spots before the apex, and one on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are dark grey, anteriorly thinly scaled and semitransparent.[3]
References
- ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
- ↑ Hypatima at funet
- ↑ Exot. Microlep. 3 (12): 283