Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Hypatima | |
Hypatima tricosma is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1933. It is found in Malaysia.
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, irregularly streaked longitudinally dark brown, the costal edge white on the basal third, edged beneath by a thicker brown streak, an irregular thicker dark brown dorsal streak from the base to four-fifth, some glossy grey suffusion in the disc between these anteriorly, as well as an irregular narrow dark brown median fascia, angulated near the costa, followed by a fine white oblique costal strigula dark-edged posteriorly. The costal area is posteriorly bright ferruginous, with three very oblique white wedge-shaped strigulae, the first extended as a fine white line edged purplish-fuscous to near the apex, then abruptly angled back and continued irregularly edged dark brown to about the tornus. The hindwings are grey, with the base paler and the veins darker-suffused.