Hypatima aridella

Hypatima aridella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Hypatima
Species:	H. aridella
Binomial name
	Hypatima aridella; (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
	Gelechia aridella Walker, 1864;

Hypatima aridella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864.[1] It is found on Borneo.[2]

Adults are pale testaceous (brick red), slender, smooth, shining, slightly silvery. The forewings are slightly rounded at the tips, with two irregular pale slate-coloured bands, which are accompanied by a few black points. The hindwings are cinereous (ash grey).[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima aridella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
Savela, Markku. "Hypatima aridella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 639 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima aridella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Hypatima aridella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.

[3] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 639 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.