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Odites argyrophanes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Odites

Odites argyrophanes is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1937. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from KwaZulu-Natal.

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are glossy fulvous ochreous, with strong silvery iridescence. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. There are undefined clouds of brownish suffusion above and below the second discal, and along the dorsum from one-fourth to two-thirds and a slender terminal streak of fuscous suffusion. The hindwings are pale silvery grey.

References

Odites argyrophanes Wikipedia