Odites lioxesta

Odites lioxesta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1933. It is found in Madagascar.[1][2]

Odites lioxesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Odites
Species:
O. lioxesta
Binomial name
Odites lioxesta
Meyrick, 1933

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are light greyish-flesh colour, with the costa slenderly whitish to near the apex, gradually dilated on the basal third. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References
  1. "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (13-14): 434


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