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Odites glaphyra

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Odites

Odites glaphyra is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in India (Sikkim).

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are pale brownish ochreous, with some scattered dark fuscous specks and with the extreme costal edge blackish towards the base. The stigmata are small and blackish, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. There is an angulated subterminal series of indistinct dark fuscous dots, terminating in a cloudy dark fuscous pre-tornal spot and there is also a terminal series of blackish dots. The hindwings are ochreous whitish.

References

Odites glaphyra Wikipedia