Odites centrias

Odites centrias is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1894. It is found in Burma,[1] India and Sri Lanka.

Odites centrias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Odites
Species:
O. centrias
Binomial name
Odites centrias
(Meyrick, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Trichernis centrias Meyrick, 1894

The wingspan is 14–19 mm. The forewings are often almost whitish, the veins usually more or less distinctly lined with fuscous, most strongly in the palest specimens. There is a characteristic black dot on the origin of veins 4 and 5 which is always conspicuous.[2] The hindwings are whitish ochreous.[3]

References
  1. "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18 (3): 633
  3. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1894 (1): 20


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