Odites encarsia

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

Odites encarsia is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1908. It is found in southern India.[1]

The wingspan is 16-17 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, some veins indistinctly streaked with pale yellow-ochreous and with an oblique patch of pale brownish suffusion from the dorsum near the base to the fold. There is an oblique blackish linear mark crossing the end of the cell, followed by some brownish suffusion tending to extend itself along the veins. The hindwings are ochreous-whitish.[2]

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