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Idiophantis carpotoma

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Idiophantis carpotoma
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I. carpotoma
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Idiophantis carpotoma
Meyrick, 1916

Idiophantis carpotoma is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1916. It is found in southern India.[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, with the bases of the scales pale greyish-ochreous and two yellow semi-oval dorsal blotches reaching half across the wing, the first about one-third, the second on tornal the area. There is a fulvous-yellow line from three-fifths of the costa to the posterior extremity of the second blotch, right-angled in the disc, edged with black posteriorly towards the extremities, followed by a leaden streak from the costa, black-edged posteriorly towards the costa, expanded beneath into a coppery-tinged spot filling the tornal prominence and marked with a black dot at its apex. The apical prominence beyond this is ferruginous-yellow, cut by a short oblique white line near its base, continued along the lower margin to the apex. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

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