Odites glaphyra is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in India (Sikkim).[1]

Odites glaphyra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Odites
Species:
O. glaphyra
Binomial name
Odites glaphyra
Meyrick, 1908

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are pale brownish ochreous, with some scattered dark fuscous specks and with the extreme costal edge blackish towards the base. The stigmata are small and blackish, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. There is an angulated subterminal series of indistinct dark fuscous dots, terminating in a cloudy dark fuscous pre-tornal spot and there is also a terminal series of blackish dots. The hindwings are ochreous whitish.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Odites Walsingham, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18 (3): 632   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.