Species Orthodes adiastola - Hodges#10588

10588

Orthodes adiastola Franclemont, 1976

Phylogenetic Sequence #933139

FWL ≈ 15mm (1)

Adult: Dull brown ground color, with some black scaling ● FW dark brown, with area between AM and PM lighter than basal 1/3 and terminal 1/3 ● AM somewhat irregular, crenulate, dentate inwardly ● Median shade vague ● PM outwardly curved from costa, then almost straight to inner margin; black, crenulate, dentate outwardly, with black points followed by pale points on the veins ● ST irregular and pale ● Terminal line is a series of short black bars with interspaces ● Fringe concolorus with terminal area ● Orbicular and reniform spots somewhat paler than ground, vague (1)

Moth Photographers Group – distribution & flight-period chart

"A species that perhaps is confused in collections with Pseudorthodes virgula (Grote), but it is larger and apparently allied to Orthodes cynica. Its genitalia are similar to those of the latter species." (1)