Odontosida pusillus

Odontosida pusillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Odontosida
Species: O. pusillus
Binomial name
Odontosida pusillus
(R Felder, 1874)[1]
Synonyms
  • Smerinthus pusillus R Felder, 1874
  • Lophuron pulcherrimum Rothschild, 1894

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.

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