Hypatima improba
Hypatima improba is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in South Africa (Mpumalanga).[2]
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The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are light brownish, suffusedly mixed with grey and the base narrowly dark grey sprinkled with black, dilated towards the costa. There is a triangular patch of blackish suffusion extending on the costa from one-fourth to the middle and reaching two-thirds across the wing. Two superimposed incomplete rings of black scales are found in the disc at three-fourths, the upper very indistinct and there is also a series of small indistinct spots of blackish irroration around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima improba". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- Hypatima at funet
- Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4)
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