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Odites paracyrta

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Odites paracyrta
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O. paracyrta
Binomial name
Odites paracyrta
(Meyrick, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Xylorycta paracyrta Meyrick, 1905

Odites paracyrta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous with a small round cloudy fuscous spot in the disc beyond the middle. There is a faint curved transverse shade of fuscous suffusion at four-fifths, parallel to the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale whitish ochreous.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 602