Odites pelochrosta

Odites pelochrosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Odites
Species: O. pelochrosta
Binomial name
Odites pelochrosta
Meyrick, 1933

Odites pelochrosta is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1933. It is found in Sierra Leone.[1][2]

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.[3]

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