Hypatima nimbigera is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found in Papua New Guinea, where it has been recorded from New Ireland.[2]

Hypatima nimbigera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Hypatima
Species:
H. nimbigera
Binomial name
Hypatima nimbigera
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Chelaria nimbigera Meyrick, 1926

The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The forewings are light grey suffused with white with a blackish dot on the base of the costa, and one towards the costa near the base. There are small dark fuscous spots on the costa before and beyond one-fourth, and a semi-oval spot in the middle. There is an irregular patch of dark grey suffusion mixed with blackish extending along the dorsum from one-fourth to three-fourths, triangularly prominent in the middle and nearly reaching the median costal spot. There is a similar subterminal fascia leaving a whitish space before the tornus but slenderly connected with the preceding above this. There are two small blackish spots before the apex, and one on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are dark grey, anteriorly thinly scaled and semitransparent.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Hypatima nimbigera​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Hypatima nimbigera (Meyrick, 1926)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  3. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (12): 283.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.