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Hypatima lactifera

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Hypatima lactifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Hypatima
Species:
H. lactifera
Binomial name
Hypatima lactifera
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Chelaria lactifera Meyrick, 1913

Hypatima lactifera is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Assam, India.[2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are chocolate brown, becoming deeper towards the costa and apex. There is an ochreous-whitish patch on the base of the costa, including a small dark brown spot on the base of the costa, and a black subcostal dot near the base. There is also a streak of ochreous-white suffusion along the dorsum from the base to the tornus. The stigmata are represented by undefined blackish dashes, the plical rather before the first discal, preceded by a blackish dot on the fold. A black dot is found on the tornus and there is some irregular pale grey irroration (sprinkling) on the apical third, as well as a black dash resting on the termen beneath the apex. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled and iridescent anteriorly, and with the veins and termen darker.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Hypatima lactifera​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Hypatima lactifera (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  3. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 161.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.