Hypatima teramotoi

Hypatima teramotoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Hypatima
Species: H. teramotoi
Binomial name
Hypatima teramotoi
Ueda, 2012

Hypatima teramotoi is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Ueda in 2012.[1] It is found in Japan[2] (Honshu, the Ryukyus).

The length of the forewings is 6-6.5 mm for males and 6-7 mm for females. The forewings are brownish grey with a large fuscous suffusion on the dorsum and a fuscous dot on the costa at the base. The hindwings are pale brownish grey.[3]

The larvae feed on Quercus acutissima, Quercus serrata, Quercus variabilis, Quercus glauca and Quercus phillyraeoides. They have a pale green body and black head.

References

  1. "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  2. Hypatima at funet
  3. Ueda, T., 2012: Four new species of the tribe Chelariini (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Japan. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 63(2): 79-86.
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