Chelaria Ephippiastis
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''Hypatima ephippias'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1937. Note: This source has a different spelling for the specific name. It is found in southern
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. The larvae feed in the shoots of '' Tamarindus indica''.Meyrick, Edwar
''Exotic Microlepidoptera''
5 (3): 95. via-Internet Archive.


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Hypatima Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Moths described in 1937 {{Hypatima-stub