Odites argyrophanes
Odites argyrophanes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Odites |
Species: | O. argyrophanes |
Binomial name | |
Odites argyrophanes (Meyrick, 1937) | |
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Odites argyrophanes is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1937. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from KwaZulu-Natal.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are glossy fulvous-ochreous, with strong silvery iridescence. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. There are undeï¬ned clouds of brownish suffusion above and below the second discal, and along the dorsum from one-fourth to two-thirds and a slender terminal streak of fuscous suffusion. The hindwings are pale silvery-grey.[3]
References
- ↑ Odites at funet.fi.
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ Exotic Microlep. 5 (4-5): 98
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