Hypatima binummulata

Hypatima binummulata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929.[1] It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.[2][3]

Hypatima binummulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Hypatima
Species:
H. binummulata
Binomial name
Hypatima binummulata
(Meyrick, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Chelaria binummulata Meyrick, 1929

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are grey speckled whitish with a black dot towards the costa near base and a semi-oval black spot on the middle of the costa, two superposed suboval black spots in the disc slightly before this, and a few black scales between these and the dorsum. There is an erect darker grey spot somewhat mixed black from the dorsum before the tornus, and a transverse darker grey spot in the disc beyond this. The hindwings are grey.[4]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima binummulata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Hypatima binummulata (Meyrick, 1929)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Hypatima binummulata (Meyrick, 1929)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  4. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (17): 513.


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