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Odites metascia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Odites

Odites metascia is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1937. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is about 17 mm for males and 20 mm for females. The forewings are ochreous whitish with the discal stigmata moderate and dark fuscous, the plical less marked, linear and rather obliquely beyond the first discal. There is a transverse fascia of slight grey suffusion about two-thirds in females also a broad terminal fascia of grey suffusion, darkest on the termen, in males little developed, but perceptible near the termen. The hindwings are cream whitish.

References

Odites metascia Wikipedia