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 family Sphingidae first described by Rudolf Felder in 1874. 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. Archived from the original on 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2011-10-26.

[2] Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.