Odites argyrophanes

Odites argyrophanes is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1937. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from KwaZulu-Natal.[1][2]

Odites argyrophanes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Odites
Species:
O. argyrophanes
Binomial name
Odites argyrophanes
(Meyrick, 1937)
Synonyms
  • Encolpotis argyrophanes Meyrick, 1937

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are glossy fulvous ochreous, with strong silvery iridescence. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. There are undefined clouds of brownish suffusion above and below the second discal, and along the dorsum from one-fourth to two-thirds and a slender terminal streak of fuscous suffusion. The hindwings are pale silvery grey.[3]

References
  1. "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera 5 (4-5): 98 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine


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