Biology:Odites balanospila

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Short description: Species of moth

Odites balanospila
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Odites
Species:
O. balanospila
Binomial name
Odites balanospila
Meyrick, 1930

Odites balanospila is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found in Sierra Leone.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous with the costa slenderly infuscated from near the base to three-fourths. There is a small elongate rather dark brown spot in the disc before the middle, both extremities somewhat extended by slight streaks of brownish suffusion. There is also an irregular brownish apical spot sprinkled dark fuscous and a few dark fuscous specks on the termen. The hindwings are ochreous whitish.[3]

References

  1. "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (18-20): 555

Wikidata ☰ Q13909975 entry