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Odites centrias

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Odites

Odites centrias is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1894. It is found in Burma, India and Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is 14-19 mm. The forewings are often almost whitish, the veins usually more or less distinctly lined with fuscous, most strongly in the palest specimens. There is a characteristic black dot on the origin of veins 4 and 5 which is always conspicuous. The hindwings are whitish ochreous.

References

Odites centrias Wikipedia