Odites ternatella

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Odites ternatella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Odites
Species:
O. ternatella
Binomial name
Odites ternatella
(Staudinger, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia ternatellaStaudinger, 1859
  • Borkhausenia panormitellaRebel, 1915

Odites ternatella is a moth in the family, Depressariidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1859. It is found in Portugal, Spain, Luxembourg and Romania, as well as on Sicily. [1] [2]

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are dirty straw yellow with three dark point in the form of a triangle. There is a row of black dots along the outer margin. The hindwings are light yellow in males, more blackish in females. [3]

References

  1. "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. lepiforum.de PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .