Octasphales niphadosticha
Octasphales niphadosticha is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found in New Guinea.[1]
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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
- Octasphales at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (18-20): 620
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