''Hypatima apparitrix'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

in the family

Gelechiidae The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy (biology), taxonomy ...

. It was described by

Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics. Life and work Ed ...

in 1921. It is found on

Java Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...

in Indonesia. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...

is about 16 mm. The forewings are pale grey irregularly sprinkled with whitish and darker grey and with an irregular black subcostal dash from the base, as well as black scales tending to form slight dashes or dots scattered in the disc, surrounded by grey suffusion. The costal area is suffused with whitish from near the base to three-fourths, with three rhomboidal dark grey spots occupying it from one-fourth to two-thirds, separated by narrow oblique streaks. There is an irregular fine black longitudinal line ending in the termen beneath the apex. The hindwings are light grey, thinly scaled and purple iridescent in the disc and with the veins grey.''Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden''. 6: 164.

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Hypatima Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Moths described in 1921 {{Hypatima-stub