Odites meloxantha

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Odites meloxantha
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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References

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