Hypatima demonstrata
Hypatima demonstrata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1920.[1] It is found in New Guinea, where it has been recorded from the Kei Islands.[2]
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The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are pale fuscous speckled whitish, somewhat sprinkled darker fuscous and with a large dark fuscous rounded-triangular blotch on the middle of the costa, reaching more than half across the wing. There is a slight dark fuscous strigula beneath the costa at two-thirds. The hindwings are violet-blue-hyaline, with the veins and termen irregularly suffused grey and the apical third grey.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima demonstrata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- Hypatima at funet
- Exotic Microlep. 2 (10): 303
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