Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Drepanidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Oreta | |
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Oreta extensa is a species of moth of the Drepanidae family. It is found in China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan), Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand.
Description
The wingspan is 33–38 mm. Adults are on wing in June. Palpi minute. Mid and hind tibia lack spurs. Antennae with serrations not coalescing. Head and legs are bright orange or scarlet in color. Thorax and abdomen yellowish with a pink tinge. Both wings yellow in color suffused with pinkish brown, sometimes uniformly, but generally the basal area of fore wing and the whole outer area of hind wing, except the apex, is not suffused. Both wings with numerous small, dark evenly distributed and more or less prominent spots, and two white specks on the discocellulars are present. Fore wing with a yellow oblique line from the apex to inner margin beyond the middle, and a fuscous spot at outer angle. Larva spins a cocoon in a rolled up leaf.