Odites eriopa

Odites eriopa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Assam, India.[1]

Odites eriopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Odites
Species:
O. eriopa
Binomial name
Odites eriopa
Meyrick, 1908

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, in males sprinkled with fuscous, in females suffused with a pale pinkish-fuscous tinge and irrorated with dark fuscous. The costal edge is suffused with ochreous yellowish. The discal stigmata are rather large, round and black. The hindwings are ochreous whitish, in males slightly greyish on the margins, in females tinged with light grey throughout.[2]

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


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