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Hypatima scopulosa

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

Hypatima scopulosa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in southern India.[2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are brown irregularly mixed with fuscous and sprinkled with whitish and with a small darker brown basal patch, and two small spots transversely placed in the disc beyond this. There is a suffused dark grey triangular blotch occupying the median third of the costa and reaching two-thirds of the way across the wing, its apical portion with several irregular black marks. There is also a short black mark resting on the termen in the middle. The hindwings are grey, paler and thinly scaled anteriorly, darker towards the apex and termen.[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 scopulosa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Hypatima scopulosa (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  3. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 165. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.