Oreta suffusa

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Oreta suffusa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Oreta
Species:
O. suffusa
Binomial name
Oreta suffusa
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Oreta violaceaHampson, 1891
  • Psiloreta violacea

Oreta suffusa is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka and southern India. [2]

Adults are lilac-fawn colour, the wings with numerous greyish spots, yellowish towards the base and along the exterior border. The forewings have a darker middle part, bounded on the inside by an undulating grey band and on the outside by a more oblique and straight yellow band. There is a blackish spot at the interior angle. The hindwings have a very narrow darker middle part. [3]

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References

  1. "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Oreta suffusa Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  3. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 5: 1167