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Oreta hoenei

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Drepanidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Oreta

Oreta hoenei is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Watson in 1967. It is found in China (Heilongjiang, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan)

The length of the forewings is 17.5-24 mm for males and 21.5-24 mm for females. In the nominate subspecies and inangulata, the wings range from uniform reddish brown with little trace of the medial shade, brown with a darker brown medial shade, varying shades of brown with the distal half of the hindwings bright yellow, or intermediate between these three. In tienia, neither uniformly reddish brown nor yellow and brown specimens have been seen.

Subspecies

  • Oreta hoenei hoenei (China: Heilongjiang, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu)
  • Oreta hoenei inangulata Watson, 1967 (China: Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan)
  • Oreta hoenei tienia Watson, 1967 (China: Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian)
  • References

    Oreta hoenei Wikipedia