Hypatima deviella

Hypatima deviella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, India (the Andaman Islands), on Borneo, Java and Sulawesi, as well as in Australia (Queensland).[2]

Hypatima deviella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Hypatima
Species:
H. deviella
Binomial name
Hypatima deviella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Tituacia deviella Walker, 1864
  • Stomylia erosella Snellen, 1878

Adults are cinereous whitish, the forewings with thirteen black points, three near the base, four placed quadrately in the interior disc, three forming a more distinct cluster in the exterior disc and three on the exterior border. Of these last, the middle one is much larger than the others. There is a fawn-coloured streak along the middle part of the costa.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima deviella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Hypatima deviella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  3. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 812


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