Idiophantis spectrata explained

Idiophantis spectrata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found on the Seychelles, where it has been recorded from Mahé.[1] [2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are light fuscous with a white stria from the costa to the tornus, rounded angulated in the middle, edged with dark grey and on the lower half suffused with grey, margined anteriorly by an orange-ochreous stria, and posteriorly on the upper half by a similar stria terminated beneath by a black dot. There is an orange streak in the apical prominence. The hindwings are light grey, the lower margin of the cell somewhat darker suffused, on the lower surface with a fringe of hairs along it.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Savela . Markku . November 9, 2018 . Idiophantis spectrata Meyrick, 1911 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . September 2, 2020.
  2. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2019 . Idiophantis spectrata Meyrick, 1911 . Afromoths . September 2, 2020.
  3. https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofli214linn#page/272/mode/1up Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. (2) 14: 272.