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 Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.^[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.^[2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are grey irrorated 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

^ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
^ Hypatima at funet
^ J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 166

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[nhm-1] "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.

[2] Hypatima at funet

[3] J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 166

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