''Hypatima mancipata'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in

Mpumalanga Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...

, South Africa. The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are grey, irregularly sprinkled with whitish, with scattered marks of black irroration (sprinkles) and a black dot beneath the costa near the base. There is a small dark fuscous semi-oval spot on the costa at one-fourth, and another smaller beyond it. An elongate dark grey spot is found on the middle of the costa and there is an elongate black mark edged with whitish on the fold before the middle, and between this and the median costal spot is an irregular elongate whitish ring. There is also a whitish ring in the disc at three-fourths, open beneath and its broken ends terminated with black scales. The hindwings are grey, paler and thinly scaled anteriorly.''Annals of the Transvaal Museum''. 3 (4).

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Endemic moths of South Africa Hypatima Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Moths described in 1913 {{Hypatima-stub