Oreta trispina
Oreta trispina is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Watson in 1967.[1] It is found in China[2] (Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Sichuan).[3]
| Oreta trispina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Oreta |
| Species: | O. trispina |
| Binomial name | |
| Oreta trispina Watson, 1967 | |
The length of the forewings is 18.5–23.5 mm for males and 22.5–25 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is either entirely reddish brown, or reddish brown with a pale yellow band on the forewings and a broad, distal, pale yellow area on the hindwings. The wing markings are mostly dark brown or black, with a yellow distal edge to the oblique postmedial fascia on the forewings and a yellowish brown cell-patch on the forewings.[4]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oreta trispina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
- Savela, Markku. "Oreta trispina Watson, 1967". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
- Song, W.-H. ; D.-Y. Xue & H.-X. Han, 2012: Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). Zootaxa 3445: 1–36.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 19 (3): 170
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