Odites ricinella
| Odites ricinella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Odites |
| Species: | O. ricinella
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| Binomial name | |
| Odites ricinella (Stainton, 1859)
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Odites ricinella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1859. It is found in India.[1]
The forewings gradually increase in breadth to beyond the middle, then become slightly narrower, the hind margin truncate, ochreous, with numerous small brown spots, and a larger darker spot on the disc before the middle. Towards the apex is frequently a curved row of brown dots. The hind margin is spotted with brown. The hindwings are whitish, with a few brown dots on the apical margin.
The larvae feed on Ricinus communis, rolling up the edge of a leaf. They are bright green with a black head.[2]
References
- ^ "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (n.s.) 5: 116
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