Hypatima phacelota
Hypatima phacelota | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Hypatima |
Species: | H. phacelota |
Binomial name | |
Hypatima phacelota (Meyrick, 1913) | |
Synonyms | |
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Hypatima phacelota is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are grey irrorated with whitish, with some scattered black scales and a slender black dash beneath the costa near the base, as well as a blackish semi-oval spot on the middle of the costa and three small blackish-grey spots on the costa posteriorly. The hindwings are grey, paler and thinly scaled anteriorly, with the veins and termen darker.[3]
References
- ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
- ↑ Hypatima at funet
- ↑ J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 166
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