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Hypatima euchorda

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Hypatima

Hypatima euchorda is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Brazil (Para).

The wingspan is 11-12 mm. The forewings are fuscous, with some scattered blackish scales and with a suffused blackish-fuscous longitudinal streak from before the middle of the disc to the termen. There are raised tufts on the fold before the middle and near the tornus, and there is some blackish-fuscous irroration on the fold between these. The hindwings are dark grey.

References

Hypatima euchorda Wikipedia