Oreta turpis

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Oreta turpis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Oreta
Species:
O. turpis
Binomial name
Oreta turpis
Butler, 1877
Synonyms
  • Oreta calidaButler, 1877

Oreta turpis is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. [1] It is found in Japan, the Russian Far East (Sakhalin, Ussuri), Korea [2] and China (Shandong). [3]

The wingspan is 30–40 mm. [4] Adults are pale shining brown, the external area sprinkled with black, the forewings are crossed by two parallel greyish lines, which become blackish towards the apex. There is a short apical streak between the outer line and the margin. The hindwings have a pale costal area and the apical area is darker than the rest of the wing. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oreta turpis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ Oreta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ song, W.-H.; D.-Y. Xue & H.-X. Han, 2012: Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). Zootaxa3445: 1-36.
  4. ↑ Japanese Moths
  5. ↑ Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 20 (120): 477 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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