Hypatima sorograpta

Hypatima sorograpta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Hypatima
Species:	H. sorograpta
Binomial name
	Hypatima sorograpta; (Meyrick, 1931)
Synonyms
	Chelaria sorograpta Meyrick, 1931;

Hypatima sorograpta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931.[1] It is found on Tagula Island in Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are grey irrorated (sprinkled) with whitish with black costal, median, and dorsal marks near the base, and one on the costa. There is a semi-oval black spot on the middle of the costa and an irregular patch of black mottling extending on the dorsum, reaching about halfway across the wing. Within this are two small pale yellowish tufts placed transversely in the disc beneath the median costal spot. There is a small blackish spot on the costa and a discal dot beneath this. Some suffused dark fuscous spots and mottling occupy the apical fourth. The hindwings are thinly scaled, greyish, with the veins and marginal edges suffused dark grey.[2]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima sorograpta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (2-4): 70.

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

[2] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (2-4): 70.