Odites obvia

Odites obvia is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

Odites obvia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Odites
Species:
O. obvia
Binomial name
Odites obvia
Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous. The stigmata are blackish, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. There is a series of small blackish almost marginal dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are ochreous whitish, slightly greyish tinged towards the apex.[3]

References
  1. "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Annals of the South African Museum 10 (8): 250


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