Biology:Oreta suffusa

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Short description: Species of hook-tip moth

Oreta suffusa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Oreta
Species:
O. suffusa
Binomial name
Oreta suffusa
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Oreta violacea Hampson, 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]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13963333 entry