Odites analogica

Odites analogica is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917. It is found on the Comoros (Anjouan) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga, North Kivu).[1][2]

Odites analogica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Odites
Species:
O. analogica
Binomial name
Odites analogica
Meyrick, 1917

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are brownish ochreous. The stigmata are blackish, the plical midway between the first and second discal. There is an acutely angulated series of indistinct small linear blackish dots from three-fifths of the costa to four-fifths of the dorsum, as well as an almost marginal series of blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]

The larvae feed on Coffea species.

References
  1. "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (2): 57


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