Hypatima hora
| Hypatima hora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Hypatima |
| Species: | H. hora |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypatima hora (Busck, 1914) | |
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Hypatima hora is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914.[1] It is found in Panama.[2]
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hypatima at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2043): 14
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