Odites pedicata

Odites pedicata is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found on the Comoros.[1][2]

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

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are white with the costal edge pale brownish ochreous and the stigmata minute and blackish, the plical very obliquely beyond the first discal, nearer the second. There is a strongly curved subterminal series of cloudy dark fuscous dots between the veins, and a similar pre-marginal series around the apex and termen. The hindwings are white.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (December 30, 2018). "Odites pedicata Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Odites pedicata Meyrick, 1914". Afromoths. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (July 1914). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: V". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 4 (4): 198 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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