Oretopsis

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Oretopsis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Subfamily: Drepaninae
Genus: Oretopsis
Watson, 1965
Species:
O. vohilava
Binomial name
Oretopsis vohilava
(Viette, 1954)
Synonyms
  • Spidia vohilavaViette, 1954

Oretopsis is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Drepaninae. It contains the single species Oretopsis vohilava, described by Pierre Viette in 1954. [1] It is found in Madagascar. [2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oretopsis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
  2. Afro Moths