Hypatima particulata

Hypatima particulata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka and Java, Indonesia.[2]

Hypatima particulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Hypatima
Species:
H. particulata
Binomial name
Hypatima particulata
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Chelaria particulata Meyrick, 1913

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The forewings are grey, irrorated (sprinkled) with whitish and with a series of small dark fuscous spots along the costa, one before the middle rather larger and elongate. There is an elongate dark fuscous mark on the fold at two-fifths of the wing and a small dark fuscous spot in the disc at three-fourths, as well as some brownish suffusion and irregular dark fuscous irroration towards the apex. The hindwings are dark grey, thinly scaled anteriorly.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima particulata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Hypatima particulata (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 167.


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