Octasphales niphadosticha

Octasphales niphadosticha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Octasphales
Species: O. niphadosticha
Binomial name
Octasphales niphadosticha
Meyrick, 1930

Octasphales niphadosticha is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by 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]

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