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Hypatima improba

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Hypatima improba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Hypatima
Species:
H. improba
Binomial name
Hypatima improba
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Chelaria improba Meyrick, 1913

Hypatima improba is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Mpumalanga, South Africa.[2]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are light brownish, suffusedly mixed with grey and the base narrowly dark grey sprinkled with black, dilated towards the costa. There is a triangular patch of blackish suffusion extending on the costa from one-fourth to the middle and reaching two-thirds of the way across the wing. Two superimposed incomplete rings of black scales are found in the disc at three-fourths, the upper very indistinct and there is also a series of small indistinct spots of blackish irroration (sprinkles) around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Hypatima improba​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Hypatima improba (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  3. ^ Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4). Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.