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Odites hemipercna

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Species of moth

Odites hemipercna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Odites
Species: O. hemipercna
Binomial name
Odites hemipercna
Meyrick, 1914

Odites hemipercna is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Malawi.

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, with the margins yellowish tinged and with a wedge-shaped dark fuscous mark on the base of the costa. The first discal stigma is small and dark fuscous and there is a moderate brownish fascia from two-thirds of the costa to the tornus, edged with dark fuscous anteriorly, suffused posteriorly. There is also some fuscous irroiation in the apex and on the termen. The hindwings are light grey.

References

  1. "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (9): 282 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Odites hemipercna

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