Hypatima iophana

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

Hypatima iophana is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.^[1] It is found in Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand^[2] and Indonesia (Java).^[3]

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are brownish mixed with grey and raised whitish scales, strewn with irregular black longitudinal marks on the veins. There are some irregular tufts of scales, especially a large tuft in the disc at two-fifths. There is a triangular blackish blotch occupying the median third of the costa, and reaching two-thirds across the wing. The hindwings are fuscous, thinly scaled and subhyaline anteriorly, with strong violet-blue iridescence and with the veins, apical area, and termen suffused with dark fuscous.^[4]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima iophana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
^ Species Diversity 4 : 322
^ Hypatima at funet
^ J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 162

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

[2] Species Diversity 4 : 322

[3] Hypatima at funet

[4] J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 162

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