Hypatima procax (Meyrick, 1911) Hypatima rhicnota (Meyrick, 1916) Hypatima rhomboidella – lobster-clawed moth Hypatima scopulosa (Meyrick, 1913) Hypatima scotia (Turner, 1919) Hypatima silvestris (Meyrick, 1913) Hypatima simulacrella (Meyrick, 1904) Hypatima solutrix (Meyrick, 1911) Hypatima sorograpta (Meyrick, 1931) Hypatima spathota (Meyrick, 1913) Hypatima sphenophora (Meyrick, 1904) Hypatima stasimodes (Meyrick, 1931) Hypatima stenosa Park & Ponomarenko, 1999 Hypatima subdentata Diakonoff, 1954 Hypatima sublectella (Walker, 1864) Hypatima syncrypta (Meyrick, 1916) Hypatima tenebrosa (Meyrick, 1920) Hypatima tephroplintha (Meyrick, 1923) Hypatima tephroptila (Meyrick, 1931) Hypatima teramotoi Ueda, 2012 Hypatima tessulata (Meyrick, 1921) Hypatima tetraptila (Meyrick 1909) Hypatima tonsa (Meyrick, 1913) Hypatima toreuta (Turner, 1919) Hypatima trachymorpha (Meyrick, 1927) Hypatima trachyspila (Meyrick, 1933) Hypatima triannulata (Meyrick, 1911) Hypatima tricosma (Meyrick, 1933) Hypatima venefica Ponomarenko, 1991 Hypatima verticosa (Meyrick, 1913) Hypatima vinculata Pathania and Rose, 2003 Hypatima xerophanta (Meyrick, 1930) Hypatima xylotechna (Meyrick, 1932) Hypatima zesticopa (Meyrick, 1929) Former species Hypatima austerodes (Meyrick, 1918) Hypatima conscriptella (Hübner, 1805) Hypatima praemaculata (Meyrick, 1931) Taxonomy and systematics The genus Hypatima was established by Jacob Hübner about 1825, though some authors mistakenly credited G.A.W. Herrich-Schäffer to have done it about 1853. Herrich-Schäffer, however, only cited the genus as established by Hübner. As regards Chelaria, this has been treated as distinct genus by several authors. But this was based on the mistaken assumption that its type species, "Chelaria conscripta", was a distinct taxon. However, it is merely an unjustified name-change of Hypatima conscriptella, and hence Hypatima and Chelaria are objective synonyms. A group within this genus is remarkably similar to Chelophoba melaina, an enigmatic species that is generally assigned to the twirler moth subfamily Pexicopiinae, though its exact relationships therein are obscure. As remarked above, the Chelariini have occasionally been allied with the Pexicopiinae. In any case, it is not impossible that this group might be better assigned to Chelophoba. Synonyms Due to its somewhat convoluted taxonomic history, there are many junior synonyms or otherwise invalid scientific names for Hypatima moths. Some of these might theoretically apply as subgenus names, but this is not usually done pending a thorough review of the genus. The obsolete scientific names are: Allocota Meyrick, 1904 (non Motschulsky, 1860: preoccupied) Allocotaniana Strand, 1913 Cellaria (lapsus) Chelaria Haworth, 1828 Cheleria (lapsus) Cymatomorpha Meyrick, 1904 Deuteroptila Meyrick, 1904 Episacta Turner, 1919 Hypatina (lapsus) Semodictis Meyrick, 1909 Stomylia Snellen, 1878 Tituacia Walker, 1864 Footnotes References (2010): Australian Faunal Directory – Hypatima. Version of 2010-NOV-18. Retrieved 2011-OCT-17. (1986): Pyralidae and