Oreta rubromarginata
Oreta rubromarginata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1902.[1] It is found on Borneo and Sumatra.[2]
| Oreta rubromarginata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Oreta |
| Species: | O. rubromarginata |
| Binomial name | |
| Oreta rubromarginata C. Swinhoe, 1902 | |
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The forewings are yellow with a broad marginal chestnut-red band. The hindwings are yellow in the interior part and the chestnut-red band is very deep, occupying nearly one-third of the wings. There is a large chestnut-red patch with four or five angulated projections in the middle of the wing.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oreta rubromarginata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
- Savela, Markku. "Oreta rubromarginata Swinhoe, 1902". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
- Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1902 (3): 592
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