Odites actuosa

Odites actuosa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in southern India.[1]

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

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are pale greyish ochreous with a black dot on the base of the costa, and one at the base in the middle. The stigmata are black, the plical elongate, somewhat beyond the first discal. There is a series of black dots around the termen. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

References
  1. Odites at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 22 (4): 780


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