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Idiophantis chalcura

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Idiophantis

Idiophantis chalcura is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1907. It is found in India (Assam).

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are light ochreous-fuscous, the costal half suffused with dark fuscous. The plical and second discal stigmata are large, cloudy and dark fuscous, the latter preceded by an additional elongate dot. There are two oblique white streaks, black-edged posteriorly, from the costa about three-fourths, the first running to the base of the excavation, the second to the apex, the apex between and beyond these pale ochreous. There is a black dot on the base of the excavation. The tornal prominence is bronzy-metallic, edged anteriorly with blackish at the extremities, and crossed by two longitudinal pale yellowish lines. The hindwings are blackish-grey.

References

Idiophantis chalcura Wikipedia


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