Hypatima tetraptila

Hypatima tetraptila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Hypatima
Species: H. tetraptila
Binomial name
Hypatima tetraptila
(Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Semodictis tetraptila Meyrick, 1909

Hypatima tetraptila is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1909.[1] It is found in South Africa (Gauteng, Limpopo).[2]

The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are light grey mixed with whitish, with some scattered blackish scales, as well as several small blackish-grey spots on the basal fourth. There is a blackish-grey trapezoidal blotch in the disk before the middle, broadest beneath, preceded by some brownish suffusion. An irregular dark fuscous spot extends along the costa from one-fourth to the middle almost confluent with this. The apical two-fifths of the wing are irregularly marked with grey, suffusedly mixed with blackish, with a more defined dark spot on the costa at four-fifths, and a black mark at the apex. The hindwings are grey, paler towards the base.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Ann. Transv. Mus. 2 (1) : 16


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