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Hypatima solutrix

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Hypatima solutrix
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H. solutrix
Binomial name
Hypatima solutrix
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Chelaria solutrix Meyrick, 1911

Hypatima solutrix is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911.[1] It is found in South Africa (Limpopo) and Zimbabwe.[2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are brownish, irrorated with grey, whitish, and dark fuscous and with an obscure streak of blackish suffusion along the costa from about one-fourth to beyond the middle, and four small spots of blackish suffusion on the costa posteriorly. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. ^ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  2. ^ Afro Moths
  3. ^ Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (1) : 69