Idiophantis soreuta

Idiophantis soreuta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Idiophantis
Species:	I. soreuta
Binomial name
	Idiophantis soreuta; Meyrick, 1906

Idiophantis soreuta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are pale brownish ochreous, towards the apex yellowish tinged and with a dark fuscous patch extending along the costa from the base to two-thirds, not reaching halfway across the wing, the lower edge with two short darker rounded prominences before the middle, the posterior edge straight, oblique. There are a few variable scattered dark fuscous dots or dashes between this and the dorsum, as well as a fine whitish fuscous-edged line from three-fourths of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, right-angled above the middle with the arms subsinuate. A whitish streak is found along the costa towards the apex, edged with fuscous beneath. There is also a small dark metallic-bronze spot on the termen beneath the middle. The hindwings are fuscous.[2]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (November 9, 2018). "Idiophantis soreuta Meyrick, 1906". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (1): 139. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (November 9, 2018). "Idiophantis soreuta Meyrick, 1906". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 2, 2020.

[2] Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (1): 139. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.