Hypatima zesticopa

Hypatima zesticopa is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1929.^[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the Texas and New Mexico.^[2]

The wingspan is 14-15 mm. The forewings are dark grey, with the tips of the scales minutely whitish and with small cloudy blackish-grey spots on the costa near the base and at one-fourth, the latter sometimes emitting a short very oblique black striga. There is an elongate spot on the middle of the costa, and four or five small spots on the costa posteriorly. The stigmata are black, raised, sometimes accompanied by a few white specks, with the plical slightly before the first discal, preceded by some whitish raised scales. There are irregularly scattered black scales in the disc and an acutely angulated lighter subterminal line edged with darker suffusion is sometimes perceptible. The hindwings are grey, anteriorly thinly scaled and bluish-tinged.^[3] Adults are on wing from April to July and again from October to November.^[4]

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