Hypatima acicula is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park and Margarita Gennadievna Ponomarenko in 1999.[1][failed verification] It is found in Thailand.[2]
| Hypatima acicula | |
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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. acicula
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypatima acicula Park & Ponomarenko, 1999
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The length of the forewings is about 13 mm. The forewings are light orange with a dark brown median costal patch, accompanied by a greyish-orange stripe. There are three to four small, dark brown patches before the apex separated by whitish short streaks. The hindwings are grey.
Etymologly
editThe species name refers to the needle-like seta on the apices of the juxta lobes in the male genitalia and is derived from Latin acus.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
- ^ Savela, Markku (February 10, 2019). "Hypatima acicula Park & Ponomarenko, 1999". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- ^ Species Diversity 4: 326