Biology:Odites heptasticta

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Short description: Species of moth

Odites heptasticta
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Odites
Species:
O. heptasticta
Binomial name
Odites heptasticta
Meyrick, 1914

Odites heptasticta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Malawi.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous with the costal edge more ochreous tinged, the extreme edge greyish. There is a minute black dot at the base in the middle. In females, there are two or three additional black specks towards the costa and dorsum at one-fourth. The stigmata are minute and black, in females larger, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. There are small black dots near the costa at three-fourths, near the dorsum beneath this, and towards the termen in the middle. There is also a series of minute blackish dots along the termen. The hindwings are pale whitish ochreous.[3]

References

  1. "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (9): 281 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q14649008 entry