Hypatima harpophora is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]

Hypatima harpophora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Hypatima
Species:
H. harpophora
Binomial name
Hypatima harpophora
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Chelaria harpophora Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are grey suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) with whitish and with a small elongate blackish spot on the costa somewhat before the middle, margined beneath with ochreous, two slight blackish marks on the costa before this and two beyond it, the plical stigma is small, blackish, with the second discal represented by a fine black longitudinal strigula. There are several small scattered obscure spots of fuscous suffusion, and some general fuscous clouding on the apical area. The hindwings of the males are subhyaline (almost glass like) violet whitish, with the margins light grey. Females have pale violet-grey hindwings with grey margins grey.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima harpophora​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (10 February 2019). "Hypatima harpophora (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (14): 431.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.