Hypatima melanecta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in Gauteng, South Africa.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Hypatima |
| Species: | H. melanecta
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| Hypatima melanecta (Meyrick, 1914)
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The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are fuscous finely irrorated (sprinkled) with whitish, all veins marked with fine dark fuscous lines, with a few black scales, vein six marked with a fine black streak. There is a grey streak along the median third of the costa and with a darker line from three-fifths of the costa, running near the costa to the apex. The hindwings are light grey.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima melanecta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Hypatima melanecta (Meyrick, 1914)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ Annals of the South African Museum. 10 (8): 246.
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