Hypatima hora

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Hypatima hora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Hypatima
Species:
H. hora
Binomial name
Hypatima hora
(Busck, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Psoricoptera hora Busck, 1914

Hypatima hora is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914.[1] It is found in Panama.[2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are light ochreous, shaded and longitudinally streaked with blackish brown and with a large, dark, brown spot that reaches from the middle of the costa to the apical fifth, followed by a small, unmottled ochreous space. There is a black streak on the middle of the fold and the extreme tip of the wing is blackish. The hindwings are light fuscous with the edges and cilia a shade darker.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima hora​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. ^ Hypatima at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2043): 14 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.