Hypatima improba

Hypatima improba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Hypatima
Species:	H. improba
Binomial name
Hypatima improba (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
Chelaria improba Meyrick, 1913

Hypatima improba is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Mpumalanga, South Africa.[2]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are light brownish, suffusedly mixed with grey and the base narrowly dark grey sprinkled with black, dilated towards the costa. There is a triangular patch of blackish suffusion extending on the costa from one-fourth to the middle and reaching two-thirds of the way across the wing. Two superimposed incomplete rings of black scales are found in the disc at three-fourths, the upper very indistinct and there is also a series of small indistinct spots of blackish irroration (sprinkles) around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Hypatima improba​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
2. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Hypatima improba (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
3. Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.