Hypatima sphenophora

Hypatima sphenophora is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1904.^[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.^[2]

The wingspan is 13-14 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish irregularly irrorated with fuscous and with a blackish dot at the base of the costa, and one beneath the costa near the base. There is an indistinct dark fuscous spot on the dorsum at one-fourth and a narrow elongate blackish-fuscous blotch along the costa from about one-fifth to two-thirds, the lower edge irregularly dilated above the middle of the disc. A small black dot is found on the fold beneath the dilation, and another near the tornus and there is a black streak in the disc from three-fifths to the apex, usually once or twice interrupted. The hindwings are fuscous, thinly scaled and semitransparent anteriorly.^[3]

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