Odites cuculans

Odites cuculans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Odites
Species: O. cuculans
Binomial name
Odites cuculans
Meyrick, 1918

Odites cuculans is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Mozambique and the Republic of the Congo.[1][2]

The wingspan is 15–19 mm. The forewings are whitish yellowish with the costal edge sometimes slightly brownish tinged anteriorly. There is a blackish dot towards the costa in the middle, and one on the lower angle of the cell. The hindwings are whitish ochreous.[3]

References

  1. "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 6 (2): 54


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