Octasphales niphadosticha

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Octasphales niphadosticha
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O. niphadosticha
Binomial name
Octasphales niphadosticha
Meyrick, 1930

Octasphales niphadosticha is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found in New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are grey, darker on the veins, strewn throughout with numerous white dots forming a longitudinal series, posteriorly on the veins. The costal edge is white between the antemedian scale-projection and the cilia. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Octasphales at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (18-20): 620


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