''Hypatima cirrhospila'' is a

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in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is found in

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, India. The

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is about 12 mm. The forewings are fuscous, irregularly irrorated (sprinkled) with grey whitish and with a black longitudinal strigula edged beneath with ochreous yellowish towards the costa near the base. There is a small black trapezoidal spot on the middle of the costa, edged beneath with yellowish. A black longitudinal strigula is found beneath this in the disc, and one towards the costa obliquely before it, both edged beneath with yellowish. There is also an ochreous-yellow spot above the middle of the dorsum, edged above with black, as well as a black strigula on the fold near the tornus. The second discal stigma is small and blackish and there is a fine interrupted dark fuscous line from beyond this to the termen beneath the apex. The hindwings are grey, with the veins darker.Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923)
''Exotic Microlepidoptera''. 2 (10): 302.

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Hypatima Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Moths described in 1920 {{Hypatima-stub