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Oreta griseotincta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Drepanidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Oreta

Oreta griseotincta is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1893. It is found in China (Hainan, Hong Kong, Yunnan), Taiwan, north-eastern India, Sikkim, Malaysia and Singapore.

The wingspan is about 32 mm. The wings are chestnut brown, the forewings slightly irrorated with silvery grey. The medial and postmedial dark lines are angled below the costa and approach each other towards the inner margin. There is a blackish patch on the costa before the apex and three submarginal specks towards the inner margin. The hindwings are chestnut brown, slightly irrorated with silvery grey and indistinct curved ante- and postmedial lines.

Subspecies

  • Oreta griseotincta griseotincta (China, Taiwan, north-eastern India, Sikkim)
  • Oreta griseotincta acutior Watson, 1961 (Malaysia, Singapore)
  • References

    Oreta griseotincta Wikipedia