Hypatima Euchorda
''Hypatima euchorda'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Pará, Brazil. The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are fuscous, with some scattered blackish scales and with a suffused blackish-fuscous longitudinal streak from before the middle of the disc to the termen. There are raised tufts on the fold before the middle and near the tornus, and there is some blackish-fuscous irroration (sprinkles) on the fold between these. The hindwings are dark grey. References

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Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) 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 Edward Meyrick came from a Welsh clerical family and was born in Ramsbury on the Kennet to a namesake father. He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He actively pursued his hobby during his schooling, and one colleague stated in 1872 that Meyrick "has not left a lamp, a paling, or a tree unexamined in which a moth could possibly, at any stage of its existence, lie hid." Meyrick began publishing notes on microlepidopterans in 1875, but when in December, 1877 he gained a post at The King's School, Parramatta, New South Wales, there were greater opportunities for indulging his interest. He stayed in Australia for ten years (from 1877 until the end of 1886) working at Syd ...
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