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Hypatopa fio

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Species of moth

Hypatopa fio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Hypatopa
Species: H. fio
Binomial name
Hypatopa fio
Adamski, 2013

Hypatopa fio is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Costa Rica, especially in western Cordillera de Guanacaste.

Description

The species is noted to be similar to H. erato in regards to its facial features, but it differs in that it has a longer uncus and other similar differences.

The length of the fore wings is about 4.7 mm.

References

  1. Adamski, D., 2013: Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae). Zootaxa 3618 (1): 1-223. Review and full article: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3618.1.1
  2. ^ "Hypatopa fio Adamski, 2013, new species - Plazi TreatmentBank". tb.plazi.org. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
Taxon identifiers
Hypatopa fio


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