Hypatima melanocharis

Hypatima melanocharis is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1934.^[1] It is found in Indonesia (Java).^[2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are rather dark grey irrorated white, with scattered black dots and short fine irregular dashes, a longer dash beneath the costa at one-third, and three short marks in a rather oblique series in the disc beneath the posterior end of this, some brown suffusion above them, a cloudy blotch of whitish irroration towards the costa beyond this, and four small dark brown spots on the costa from this to two-thirds. The hindwings are light grey, darker posteriorly.^[3]

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