Hypatima apparitrix

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Hypatima apparitrix
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Hypatima
Species:
H. apparitrix
Binomial name
Hypatima apparitrix
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Chelaria apparitrixMeyrick, 1921

Hypatima apparitrix is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. [1] It is found on Java in Indonesia. [2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are pale grey irregularly sprinkled with whitish and darker grey and with an irregular black subcostal dash from the base, as well as black scales tending to form slight dashes or dots scattered in the disc, surrounded by grey suffusion. The costal area is suffused with whitish from near the base to three-fourths, with three rhomboidal dark grey spots occupying it from one-fourth to two-thirds, separated by narrow oblique streaks. There is an irregular fine black longitudinal line ending in the termen beneath the apex. The hindwings are light grey, thinly scaled and purple iridescent in the disc and with the veins grey. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima apparitrix". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Hypatima apparitrix (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  3. ↑ Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 6: 164. PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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