Hypatima harpophora (Meyrick, 1922) (formerly known as Chelaria harpophora) CHELARIINAE,   GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Bronwyn King, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths have pale grey forewings, each with scattered orange-edged dark brown markings. The hindwings are off-white shading to brown at the wingtips. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

Australian Capital Territory.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 2 (1920), p. 431.

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(written 26 February 2024)