Odites ricini

Odites ricini is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1859. It is found in India.[1]

Odites ricini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Odites
Species:
O. ricini
Binomial name
Odites ricini
(Stainton, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria ricini Stainton, 1859

The forewings are pale sulphur yellow, with the costa narrowly orange from before the middle to the apex. On the inner margin near the base is a faint pale grey cloud, and on the disc beyond the middle is a very indistinct grey dot. A row of grey dots runs along the hind margin. The hindwings are whitish.

The larvae feed on Ricinus communis, rolling up the edge of a leaf. They are green with a black head.[2]

References
  1. "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (n.s.) 5: 115


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