Oreta extensa

Oreta extensa
	Male
	Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Oreta
Species:	O. extensa
Binomial name
	Oreta extensa; Walker, 1855
Synonyms
	Oreta adona Strecker; Oreta figlina Swinhoe, 1905;

Oreta extensa is a species of moth of the family Drepanidae described by Francis Walker in 1855.^[1] It is found in China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan),^[2] Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand.^[3]

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. Thorax and abdomen yellowish with a pink tinge. Both wings yellow suffused with pinkish brown, sometimes uniformly, but generally the basal area of forewing and the whole outer area of hindwing, 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. Forewing 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.^[4]

References

^ Savela, Markku. "Oreta extensa Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
^ Song, W.-H.; D.-Y. Xue & H.-X. Han, 2012: Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). Zootaxa 3445: 1-36.
^ felix Lin. "Oriental Butterflies and Moths". Geocities.ws. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Oreta extensa Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2018.

[2] Song, W.-H.; D.-Y. Xue & H.-X. Han, 2012: Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). Zootaxa 3445: 1-36.

[3] x Lin. "Oriental Butterflies and Moths". Geocities.ws. Retrieved 2011-12-19.

[4] Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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