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Oreta suffusa

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Oreta suffusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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  1. ^ "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Oreta suffusa Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  3. ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 5: 1167 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.