Odites metascia
| Odites metascia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Odites |
| Species: | O. metascia |
| Binomial name | |
| Odites metascia Meyrick, 1937 | |
Odites metascia is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1937. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 17 mm for males and 20 mm for females. The forewings are ochreous-whitish with the discal stigmata moderate and dark fuscous, the plical less marked, linear and rather obliquely beyond the first discal. There is a transverse fascia of slight grey suffusion about two-thirds in females also a broad terminal fascia of grey suffusion, darkest on the termen, in males little developed, but perceptible near the termen. The hindwings are cream-whitish.[3]
References
- ↑ Odites at funet.fi.
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ Exotic Microlep. 5 (4-5): 151
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