Hypatima melanocharis
Hypatima melanocharis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1934.[1] It is found on Java in Indonesia.[2]
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The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are rather dark grey irrorated (sprinkled) with white, with scattered black dots and short fine irregular dashes, a longer dash beneath the costa at one-third, and three short marks in a rather oblique series in the disc beneath the posterior end of this, some brown suffusion above them, a cloudy blotch of whitish irroration towards the costa beyond this, and four small dark brown spots on the costa from this to two-thirds. The hindwings are light grey, darker posteriorly.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima melanocharis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Hypatima melanocharis (Meyrick, 1934)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4: 511.
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