Hypatima simulacrella

Hypatima simulacrella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]

Hypatima simulacrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Hypatima
Species:
H. simulacrella
Binomial name
Hypatima simulacrella
(Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Allocota simulacrella Meyrick, 1904

The wingspan is about 16 mm (0.63 in). The forewings are white, irregularly sprinkled with fuscous and dark fuscous, appearing to form small irregularly scattered dots. There is an elongate brown spot, centrally suffused with black, along the costa slightly before the middle and a small dark fuscous spot beneath the apex. The hindwings are pale whitish fuscous.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima simulacrella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (10 February 2019). "Hypatima simulacrella (Meyrick, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 420 – via Internet Archive.


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