Odites sphaerophyes

Odites sphaerophyes is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1966. It is found on Sulawesi.[1]

Odites sphaerophyes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Odites
Species:
O. sphaerophyes
Binomial name
Odites sphaerophyes
Diakonoff, 1966

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.[2]

References
  1. "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 109 (3): 58


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