Odites meloxantha is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in Zimbabwe.[1][2]

Odites meloxantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Odites
Species:
O. meloxantha
Binomial name
Odites meloxantha
Meyrick, 1927

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are ochreous yellow, rather deeper towards the base. The stigmata are black, the plical minute, obliquely beyond the first discal. There is a pre-marginal series of small grey dots around the apex and termen to the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are whitish ochreous.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Afro Moths
  3. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (12): 364  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.