Idiophantis pandata

Idiophantis pandata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by John David Bradley in 1961. It is found on Guadalcanal.[1]

Idiophantis pandata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Idiophantis
Species:
I. pandata
Binomial name
Idiophantis pandata
Bradley, 1961

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are mustard yellow with a large, quadrate, plumbago-grey marking, with an admixture of mustard yellow, occupying the distal half of the wing except marginal strips along the costa and termen. The inner edge of this marking is bordered by a dull violet-black line. There is a plumbago-grey strigula from the middle of the costa extending very obliquely outwards and merging with the outer corner of quadrate blotch, finely edged with dull violet-black scales along the inner margin immediately below the costa. There is a plumbago-grey subterminal line oblique from the costa at about four-fifths to beyond the outer corner of the quadrate blotch, then directly transverse and expanding to occupy the tornal area, lightened with an admixture of whitish near the costa, the margins edged black. There is also a thin white line from the apex to the end of the indentation in the termen. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Idiophantis Meyrick, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  2. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 10 (4): 133


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