Oreta griseotincta
Oreta griseotincta is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893.[1] It is found in China (Hainan, Hong Kong, Yunnan),[2] Taiwan, north-eastern India, Sikkim, Malaysia and Singapore.[3]
| Oreta griseotincta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Oreta |
| Species: | O. griseotincta |
| Binomial name | |
| Oreta griseotincta Hampson, 1893 | |
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The wingspan is about 32 mm. The wings are chestnut brown, the forewings slightly irrorated (sprinkled) 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.[4]
Subspecies
- Oreta griseotincta griseotincta (China, Taiwan, north-eastern India, Sikkim)
- Oreta griseotincta acutior Watson, 1961 (Malaysia, Singapore)
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oreta griseotincta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
- Song, W.-H.; D.-Y. Xue & H.-X. Han, 2012: Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). Zootaxa 3445: 1-36.
- Savela, Markku. "Oreta griseotincta Hampson, [1893]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
- Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. pp. 350–351 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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