Hypatima orthostathma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[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. orthostathma
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| Hypatima orthostathma (Meyrick, 1921)
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The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are grey, closely, and suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) with white, slightly tinged yellowish in places, and with a brownish streak along the basal fourth of the costa with some blackish scales. There is a black dot on the dorsum at one-fourth and a semi-oval blackish spot in the middle of the costa preceded and followed by slight blackish marks. There is also a direct transverse blackish fasciate streak from the dorsum beneath this, not reaching it, and a small dark grey spot on the costa at two-thirds, a black longitudinal, sometimes interrupted, strigula in the disc at three-fourths and some greyish suffusion towards the termen, and two or three slight blackish marks. 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 orthostathma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (10 February 2019). "Hypatima orthostathma (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (14): 429.
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