Biology:Odites emensa
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Short description: Species of moth
| Odites emensa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Odites |
| Species: | O. emensa
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| Binomial name | |
| Odites emensa Meyrick, 1921
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Odites emensa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa .[1][2]
The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are grey whitish, slightly sprinkled with grey and with a small black linear dot towards the costa near the base. The stigmata are black, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal, nearly equally near the second discal. There is a strongly curved subterminal series of small groups of blackish scales and an almost marginal series of black dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey.[3]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku (December 30, 2018). "Odites emensa Meyrick, 1921". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/lecithoceridae/oditinae/odites/#emensa. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Odites emensa Meyrick, 1921". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/ODITEMEN. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- ↑ Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8 (2): 106. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/202863#page/180/mode/1up.
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Wikidata ☰ Q13910143 entry
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