Idiophantis acanthopa

Idiophantis acanthopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Idiophantis
Species:	I. acanthopa
Binomial name
	Idiophantis acanthopa; Meyrick, 1931

Idiophantis acanthopa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in India.[1]

The wingspan is 12-l4 mm. The forewings are light brownish. The discal stigmata are minute and black, the plical represented by some slight fuscous suffusion obliquely beyond the first discal. There is a curved white line edged with dark fuscous from the costa at three-fourths to the tornus, immediately preceded by an ochreous line obscurely edged with fuscous anteriorly. The costal edge beyond this is white and the apical projection are ochreous including a white mark, the space between this and the line is pale yellowish, with a small blackish spot beyond the line in the middle. The hindwings are pale silvery grey.

The larvae feed on Eugenia jambolana.[2]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (November 9, 2018). "Idiophantis acanthopa Meyrick, 1931". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (2-4): 64.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (November 9, 2018). "Idiophantis acanthopa Meyrick, 1931". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.

[2] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (2-4): 64.