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Odites sphaerophyes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Odites

Odites sphaerophyes is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1966. It is found on Sulawesi.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are creamy yellowish, pale, the veins somewhat darker ochreous, the dorsum slightly suffused with deeper yellowish and ochreous. The second discal stigma is strongly suffused, ochreous tawny. There is a faint tawny suffusion on one-third of the dorsum, another, smaller, on the dorsum before the end of the fold. The hindwings are pale whitish yellowish with a silky gloss.

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Odites sphaerophyes Wikipedia