Biology:Odites armilligera

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Short description: Species of moth

Odites armilligera
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Odites
Species:
O. armilligera
Binomial name
Odites armilligera
Meyrick, 1922

Odites armilligera is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Tanzania.[1][2]

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, irregularly sprinkled with fuscous and dark fuscous. The discal stigmata are rather large and black. There is an almost marginal series of rather large blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen to before the tornus. The hindwings are ochreous whitish.[3]

References

  1. "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Entomologische Mitteilungen 11 (2): 45 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13909914 entry