Hypertropha desumptana

Hypertropha desumptana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Hypertropha
Species:	H. desumptana
Binomial name
	Hypertropha desumptana; (Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
	Orosana desumptana Walker, 1863;

Hypertropha desumptana is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.^[1]

Adults are cupreous black, the forewings hardly acute, yellowish cinereous towards the base, and with some yellowish-cinereous exterior speckles. There are some transverse irregular interrupted metallic blue and purple lines, as well as an oblique costal subapical yellowish-cinereous streak. The marginal line is dark fawn colour and irregular. The hindwings are luteous, with a broad cupreous-black border.^[2]

References

^ Savela, Markku. "Hypertropha desumptana (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 28: 460 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Hypertropha desumptana (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

[2] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 28: 460 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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