Odites microbolista
Odites microbolista is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1937. It is found in Uganda.[1][2]
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The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are brownish grey, with the costa narrowly suffused darker and with a black dot on the dorsum towards the base. There are two small adjacent black spots and some scattered black scales beneath the costa at three-fourths, three or four separate black dots indicating an excurved subterminal series beyond this. There is also a terminal series of minute black dots. The hindwings are light grey.
The larvae feed on Coffea species, rolling the leaves of their host plant.[3]
References
- "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- Afro Moths
- Exotic Microlepidoptera 5 (4-5): 152 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
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