Hypatima euchorda

Hypatima euchorda is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923.[1] It is found in Pará, Brazil.[2]

Hypatima euchorda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Hypatima
Species:
H. euchorda
Binomial name
Hypatima euchorda
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Chelaria euchorda Meyrick, 1923

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are fuscous, with some scattered blackish scales and with a suffused blackish-fuscous longitudinal streak from before the middle of the disc to the termen. There are raised tufts on the fold before the middle and near the tornus, and there is some blackish-fuscous irroration (sprinkles) on the fold between these. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima euchorda". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Hypatima euchorda (Meyrick, 1923)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 31.


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