Idiophantis carpotoma is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in southern India.[1]
| Idiophantis carpotoma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Idiophantis |
| Species: | I. carpotoma
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| Binomial name | |
| Idiophantis carpotoma Meyrick, 1916
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The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, with the bases of the scales pale greyish ochreous and two yellow semi-oval dorsal blotches reaching halfway across the wing, the first about one-third, the second on the tornal area. There is a fulvous-yellow line from three-fifths of the costa to the posterior extremity of the second blotch, right angled in the disc, edged with black posteriorly towards the extremities, followed by a leaden streak from the costa, black edged posteriorly towards the costa, expanded beneath into a coppery-tinged spot filling the tornal prominence and marked with a black dot at its apex. The apical prominence beyond this is ferruginous yellow, cut by a short oblique white line near its base, continued along the lower margin to the apex. The hindwings are light grey.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (November 9, 2018). "Idiophantis carpotoma Meyrick, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (18): 567.
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