Odites meloxantha

Odites meloxantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Odites
Species:	O. meloxantha
Binomial name
Odites meloxantha Meyrick, 1927

Odites meloxantha is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in Zimbabwe. ^{[1] [2]}

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are ochreous yellow, rather deeper towards the base. The stigmata are black, the plical minute, obliquely beyond the first discal. There is a pre-marginal series of small grey dots around the apex and termen to the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are whitish ochreous. ^[3]

References

1. "Odites Walsingham, 1891" Archived 2018-07-20 at the Wayback Machine at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
2. Afro Moths
3. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (12): 364 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .