Odontosida pusillus
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Odontosida pusillus (R Felder, 1874)[1]
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Odontosida pusillus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]
The forewing upperside ground colour is pale grey, contrasting with the pale orange-brown hindwing upperside. The forewing underside is almost uniformly pale orange-brown.
The larvae feed on Hermannia species.
References
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ^ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.