Octasphales niphadosticha
| Octasphales niphadosticha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Octasphales |
| Species: | O. niphadosticha
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| Binomial name | |
| Octasphales niphadosticha Meyrick, 1930
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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[edit]
- ^ Octasphales at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (18-20): 620