Biology:Oreta suffusa
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Short description: Species of hook-tip moth
| Oreta suffusa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Oreta |
| Species: | O. suffusa
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| Binomial name | |
| Oreta suffusa Walker, 1855
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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
- ↑ "Scientific name search". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/search/.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Oreta suffusa Walker, 1855". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/drepanoidea/drepanidae/drepaninae/oreta/#suffusa. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ↑ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 5: 1167
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Wikidata ☰ Q13963333 entry
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