Biology:Odites inconspicua

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Short description: Species of moth

Odites inconspicua
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Odites
Species:
O. inconspicua
Binomial name
Odites inconspicua
Walsingham, 1891

Odites inconspicua is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1891. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (East Kasai) and Gambia.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are unicolorous stone colour with two small darker stone-coloured spots, one on the middle of the wing, the other in the same line with it on the end of the cell. The hindwings are pale stone grey.[3]

References

  1. "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1891 (1): 103 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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