Hypatima nimbigera

Hypatima nimbigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Hypatima
Species:	H. nimbigera
Binomial name
	Hypatima nimbigera; (Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
	Chelaria nimbigera Meyrick, 1926;

Hypatima nimbigera is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found in Papua New Guinea, where it has been recorded from New Ireland.[2]

The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The forewings are light grey suffused white with a blackish dot on the base of the costa, and one towards the costa near the base. There are small dark fuscous spots on the costa before and beyond one-fourth, and a semi-oval spot in the middle. There is an irregular patch of dark grey suffusion mixed blackish extending along the dorsum from one-fourth to three-fourths, triangularly prominent in the middle and nearly reaching the median costal spot. There is a similar subterminal fascia leaving a whitish space before the tornus but slenderly connected with the preceding above this. There are two small blackish spots before the apex, and one on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are dark grey, anteriorly thinly scaled and semitransparent.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima nimbigera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
Hypatima at funet
Exot. Microlep. 3 (12): 283

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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 nimbigera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[2] Hypatima at funet

[3] Exot. Microlep. 3 (12): 283