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Odites balanospila

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Odites

Odites balanospila is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found in Sierra Leone.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous with the costa slenderly infuscated from near the base to three-fourths. There is a small elongate rather dark brown spot in the disc before the middle, both extremities somewhat extended by slight streaks of brownish suffusion. There is also an irregular brownish apical spot sprinkled dark fuscous and a few dark fuscous specks on the termen. The hindwings are ochreous whitish.

References

Odites balanospila Wikipedia