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Octasphales niphadosticha

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Octasphales

Octasphales niphadosticha is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found in New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are grey, darker on the veins, strewn throughout with numerous white dots forming a longitudinal series, posteriorly on the veins. The costal edge is white between the antemedian scale-projection and the cilia. The hindwings are grey.

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Octasphales niphadosticha Wikipedia