Hypatima lactifera

Hypatima lactifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Hypatima
Species:	H. lactifera
Binomial name
	Hypatima lactifera; (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
	Chelaria lactifera Meyrick, 1913;

Hypatima lactifera is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in India (Assam).[2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are chocolate-brown, becoming deeper towards the costa and apex. There is an ochreous-whitish patch on the base of the costa, including a small dark brown spot on the base of the costa, and a black subcostal dot near the base. There is also a streak of ochreous-white suffusion along the dorsum from the base to the tornus. The stigmata are represented by undefined blackish dashes, the plical rather before the first discal, preceded by a blackish dot on the fold. A black dot is found on the tornus and there is some irregular pale grey irroration on the apical third, as well as a black dash resting on the termen beneath the apex. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled and iridescent anteriorly, and with the veins and termen darker.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima lactifera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
Hypatima at funet
J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 161

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima lactifera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[2] Hypatima at funet

[3] J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 161