Hypatima ephippias
Hypatima ephippias | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Hypatima |
Species: | H. ephippias |
Binomial name | |
Hypatima ephippias (Meyrick, 1937) | |
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Hypatima ephippias is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1937.[1] It is found in southern India.[2]
The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are grey irrorated blackish, irregularly mixed with white suffusion especially towards the costa and with some irregular dark spots on the costa and general dark clouding on the dorsal area. There is a rather broad somewhat oblique saddle-shaped blackish blotch on the middle of the costa reaching the fold, irregularly edged with white. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled in the disc, the veins suffused dark grey.
The larvae feed in the shoots of Tamarindus indica.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima ephippiastis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018. Note: This source has a different spelling for the specific name.
- ↑ Hypatima at funet
- ↑ Exotic Microlep. 5 (3): 95 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
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