Hypatima tetraptila

Hypatima tetraptila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Hypatima
Species:	H. tetraptila
Binomial name
	Hypatima tetraptila; (Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
	Semodictis tetraptila Meyrick, 1909;

Hypatima tetraptila is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1909.[1] It is found in South Africa (Gauteng, Limpopo).[2]

The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are light grey mixed with whitish, with some scattered blackish scales, as well as several small blackish-grey spots on the basal fourth. There is a blackish-grey trapezoidal blotch in the disk before the middle, broadest beneath, preceded by some brownish suffusion. An irregular dark fuscous spot extends along the costa from one-fourth to the middle almost confluent with this. The apical two-fifths of the wing are irregularly marked with grey, suffusedly mixed with blackish, with a more defined dark spot on the costa at four-fifths, and a black mark at the apex. The hindwings are grey, paler towards the base.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima tetraptila". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
Afro Moths
Ann. Transv. Mus. 2 (1) : 16

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

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Ann. Transv. Mus. 2 (1) : 16