Odites pelochrosta
Odites pelochrosta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1933. It is found in Sierra Leone.[1][2]
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The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are light greyish ochreous with a small dark fuscous spot on the dorsum at one-fourth and four or five scattered blackish scales towards the costa at one-fourth, a very few scattered in the disc and towards the termen, and a larger irregular accumulation towards the costa at three-fourths. The plical and second discal stigmata are minute and dark fuscous. There is a terminal series of minute blackish dots. The hindwings are closely and minutely speckled grey.[3]
References
- "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- Afro Moths
- Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (13-14): 434
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