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Odites superscripta

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Odites superscripta
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O. superscripta
Binomial name
Odites superscripta
Meyrick, 1926

Odites superscripta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in Namibia.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous with the second discal stigma small and blackish, a transverse mark of dark fuscous irroration from the costa directly above it. There are two or three dark fuscous scales towards the termen below the middle. The hindwings are whitish ochreous.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Afro Moths
  3. ^ Annals of the South African Museum 23: 337