Orecta

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Orecta
Orecta venedictoffae holotype (Ecuador, Pichincha, Santo Domingo de los Coloroados, 'Tinalandia') (BMNH, A. Martin) male upperside.jpg
Orecta venedictoffae holotype male upperside
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Ambulycini
Genus: Orecta
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Orecta is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. [1]

Species

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Orecta Rothschild & Jordan, 1903". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 11, 2018.