Dreata

Dreata is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae described by Francis Walker in 1855.[1] Its single species, Dreata hades, described by the same author in the same year, is found in Bangladesh,[2] Myanmar[3] and India.

Dreata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eupterotidae
Genus:
Dreata

Walker, 1855
Species:
D. hades
Binomial name
Dreata hades
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Drexta Kirby, 1892

The wingspan is about 72 mm. The forewings are mouse brown, with the medial area pale. There are five indistinct waved lines, a nearly straight and erect prominent postmedial line and a waved submarginal line. The hindwings are pale at the base, without the waved lines. The postmedial line is less prominent and there is a submarginal waved line.[4]

Dreata yokoana Bethune-Baker, 1927 was once in this genus, but it is now now Jana yokoana.

References
  1. Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Dreata Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  3. "Taxonomy Browser: Dreata hades". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  4. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 45 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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