Odites artigena
| Odites artigena | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Odites |
| Species: | O. artigena |
| Binomial name | |
| Odites artigena (Meyrick, 1914) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Odites artigena is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914. It is found in South Africa[1] and Kenya.
The wingspan is 13-14 mm. The forewings are white with the costal edge blackish towards the base and with a patch of faint whitish-ochreous suffusion on the basal portion of dorsum. There are black dots at both angles of the cell, followed by a brown patch, and connected with the tornus by an irregular interrupted line of brown suffusion sprinkled with black. There is a faint irregular line of brownish suffusion with some dots of black irroration running near the margin around the posterior two-fifths of the costa and termen. There is also a terminal row of small black dots. The hindwings are white, with a faint ochreous tinge.[2]
The larvae feed on Coffea Arabica and Persea Americana.[3]