Odites artigena

Odites artigena is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in South Africa^[1] and Kenya.

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are white with the costal edge blackish towards the base and with a patch of faint whitish-ochreous suffusion on the basal portion of dorsum. There are black dots at both angles of the cell, followed by a brown patch, and connected with the tornus by an irregular interrupted line of brown suffusion sprinkled with black. There is a faint irregular line of brownish suffusion with some dots of black irroration running near the margin around the posterior two-fifths of the costa and termen. There is also a terminal row of small black dots. The hindwings are white, with a faint ochreous tinge.^[2]

The larvae feed on Coffea arabica and Persea americana.^[3]

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