Biology:Oreta griseotincta

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Short description: Species of hook-tip moth

Oreta griseotincta
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Oreta
Species:
O. griseotincta
Binomial name
Oreta griseotincta
Hampson, 1893
Synonyms
  • Oreta olivacea Dudgeon, 1899
  • Oreta carnea nucicolor Warren, 1923
  • Mimoreta horishana Matsumura, 1927
  • Oreta changi Inoue, 1988

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]

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

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Oreta griseotincta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=85034. 
  2. Song, W.-H.; D.-Y. Xue & H.-X. Han, 2012: Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). Zootaxa 3445: 1-36.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Oreta griseotincta Hampson, [1893"]. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/drepanoidea/drepanidae/drepaninae/oreta/#griseotincta. Retrieved August 6, 2018. 
  4. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. pp. 350-351. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180068#page/378/mode/1up.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13963227 entry