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]

Idiophantis spectrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Idiophantis
Species:
I. spectrata
Binomial name
Idiophantis spectrata
Meyrick, 1911

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]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (November 9, 2018). "Idiophantis spectrata Meyrick, 1911". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Idiophantis spectrata Meyrick, 1911". Afromoths. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  3. ^ Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. (2) 14: 272.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.