Hypatima hora

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

Hypatima hora
Scientific classification
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

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
  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


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