Odites encarsia
Odites encarsia is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in southern India.[1]
| Odites encarsia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Odites |
| Species: | O. encarsia |
| Binomial name | |
| Odites encarsia Meyrick, 1908 | |
The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, some veins indistinctly streaked with pale yellow ochreous and with an oblique patch of pale brownish suffusion from the dorsum near the base to the fold. There is an oblique blackish linear mark crossing the end of the cell, followed by some brownish suffusion tending to extend itself along the veins. The hindwings are ochreous whitish.[2]
References
- "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18 (3): 634
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