Hypatima pentagonia

Hypatima pentagonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Hypatima
Species: H. pentagonia
Binomial name
Hypatima pentagonia
Park & Ponomarenko, 1999

Hypatima pentagonia is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Park and Ponomarenko in 1999.[1] It is found in Thailand.[2]

The length of the forewings is about 15 mm. The forewings are yellowish white, densely speckled with brown scales and with a small, dark brown, triangular median costal patch, with two yellowish white stripes before it and six similar stripes beyond it along the costa to the apex. The hindwings are grey.

Etymologly

The species name refers to the shape of the abdomen's eighth tergite and is derived from Greek pente (meaning five) and gonia (meanlng angle).[3]

References

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