Hypatima tetraptila
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Hypatima |
| Species: | H. tetraptila
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypatima tetraptila (Meyrick, 1909)
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Hypatima tetraptila is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909.[1] It is found in the South African provinces of Gauteng and 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
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima tetraptila". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Hypatima tetraptila (Meyrick, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 2 (1): 16.
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