title: Hypatima acicula
text: # Hypatima acicula
  
  Hypatima acicula is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park and Margarita Gennadievna Ponomarenko in 1999. It is found in Thailand.
  
  The length of the forewings is about 13 mm. The forewings are light orange with a dark brown median costal patch, accompanied by a greyish-orange stripe. There are three to four small, dark brown patches before the apex separated by whitish short streaks. The hindwings are grey.
  
  ## Etymologly
  
  The species name refers to the needle-like seta on the apices of the juxta lobes in the male genitalia and is derived from Latin acus.
  
  