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Odites pelochrosta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Odites

Odites pelochrosta is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1933. It is found in Sierra Leone.

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.

References

Odites pelochrosta Wikipedia