Idiophantis thiopeda

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

Idiophantis thiopeda is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found on New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are pale yellow with a fuscous basal patch occupying nearly one-third of the wing, the edge convex. There is an oblique wedge-shaped mark formed of a pale greyish-ochreous streak between two dark fuscous streaks from the costa about two-thirds to the angle of a metallic-lilac-fuscous fasciate blotch occupying the termen from beneath the apex to the tornus, pointed beneath, its upper posterior angle blackish fuscous. The apical projection including a white longitudinal streak, is limited anteriorly by a line of rather inwards-oblique fuscous strigula to the terminal blotch. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (November 9, 2018). "Idiophantis thiopeda Meyrick, 1931". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (2-4): 63.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (November 9, 2018). "Idiophantis thiopeda Meyrick, 1931". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 2, 2020.

[2] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (2-4): 63.