Idiophantis Croconota
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''Idiophantis croconota'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Madagascar and
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. The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are fuscous with a rather broad light ochreous-yellow dorsal stripe throughout, the edge is broadly prominent at about two-thirds, where it reaches halfway across the wing, narrowed towards the tornus. There is a curved dark grey line from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus, edged anteriorly by a light greyish line becoming stronger and white towards the costa, preceded towards the costa by an obscure ochreous dark-edged line. The area beyond this is light ochreous yellow, marked on the upper part of the tornal prominence with a dark bronzy spot containing a round black dot, the apical projection is suffused with grey and contains a white longitudinal mark. The hindwings are grey, lighter anteriorly.Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923)
''Exotic Microlepidoptera''. 2 (5): 129.
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Moths described in 1918 Idiophantis Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Anacampsini-stub