Odites carcharopa

Odites carcharopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Odites
Species:	O. carcharopa
Binomial name
Odites carcharopa Meyrick, 1914

Odites carcharopa is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914. It is found on the Comoros.^[1][2]

The wingspan is 13-17 mm. The forewings are pale greyish-ochreous or whitish-ochreous, becoming white towards the costa posteriorly. There is a blackish dot almost on the base of the dorsum, as well as a fuscous blotch on the dorsum before the middle, sometimes reduced to an oblique streak representing its anterior edge, its apex representing the plical stigma. The discal stigmata are dark fuscous, sometimes tinged with orange-ochreous. There is a more or less developed transverse fuscous blotch on the dorsum before the tornus, sometimes suffusedly extended to the termen, its anterior angle almost reaching the second discal stigma. There is also a short oblique black strigula from the costa before the middle, and another from the median prominence, giving rise to a more or less developed very oblique orange-ochreous streak. Two or three fine blackish lines are found on the costal portions of the veins towards the apex, and a black mark along the costa at the apex and there are several small indistinct dark fuscous dots on the termen. The hindwings are pale whitish-ochreous.^[3]

References

1. Odites at funet.fi.
2. Afro Moths
3. Ann. Transv. Mus. 4 (4) : 198