Idiophantis acanthopa

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

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

The wingspan is 12–14 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
  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.


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