Biology:Odites obumbrata

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Short description: Species of moth

Odites obumbrata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Odites
Species:
O. obumbrata
Binomial name
Odites obumbrata
Meyrick, 1925
Synonyms
  • Odites odumbrata

Odites obumbrata is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found in Zimbabwe.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are fuscous with a moderate attenuated whitish-ochreous costal streak from the base to beyond the middle, the costal edge slenderly fuscous towards the base. The hindwings are blackish grey.[3]

References

  1. "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (5-7): 156

Wikidata ☰ Q13910544 entry