Odites ricini
Appearance
Odites ricini | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Odites |
Species: | O. ricini
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Binomial name | |
Odites ricini (Stainton, 1859)
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Odites ricini is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1859. It is found in India.[1]
The forewings are pale sulphur yellow, with the costa narrowly orange from before the middle to the apex. On the inner margin near the base is a faint pale grey cloud, and on the disc beyond the middle is a very indistinct grey dot. A row of grey dots runs along the hind margin. The hindwings are whitish.
The larvae feed on Ricinus communis, rolling up the edge of a leaf. They are green with a black head.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (n.s.) 5: 115 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.