Hypatima phacelota

Hypatima phacelota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Hypatima
Species:	H. phacelota
Binomial name
	Hypatima phacelota; (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
	Chelaria phacelota Meyrick, 1913;

Hypatima phacelota is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are grey irrorated (sprinkled) with whitish, with some scattered black scales and a slender black dash beneath the costa near the base, as well as a blackish semi-oval spot on the middle of the costa and three small blackish-grey spots on the costa posteriorly. The hindwings are grey, paler and thinly scaled anteriorly, with the veins and termen darker.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima phacelota". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Hypatima phacelota (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 166.

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

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Hypatima phacelota (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.

[3] Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 166.