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Odites inversa

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Odites inversa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Odites
Species:
O. inversa
Binomial name
Odites inversa
Meyrick, 1914

Odites inversa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Orientale, Katanga, West Kasai, North Kivu), Kenya, Madagascar and South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are ochreous yellow, with a few scattered dark fuscous specks. The stigmata are blackish, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. There is an almost marginal row of blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are ochreous whitish.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Afro Moths
  3. ^ Annals of the South African Museum 10 (8): 250 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.