Hypatima spathota (Meyrick, 1913)
 (previously known as Nothris spathota)
CHELARIINAE,   GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have grey-brown forewings each with a pale patch along the hind margin. The hindwings are pale brown with dark veins. The labial palps are very prominent with spiky bristles. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.


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

The species has been found across Asia, including

  • Hong Kong,
  • India,
  • Japan, and
  • Taiwan,

    as well as in Australia in

  • Queensland.


    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera,
    Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society,
    Volume 22 (1913), p. 165.

    Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
    A Guide to Australian Moths,
    CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 88.

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    (written 14 January 2013, updated 29 March 2019)