Oreta rubromarginata

Oreta rubromarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Oreta
Species: O. rubromarginata
Binomial name
Oreta rubromarginata
Swinhoe, 1902
Synonyms
  • Gonoreta subrosea Warren, 1923

Oreta rubromarginata is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Swinhoe in 1902.[1] It is found on Borneo and Sumatra.[2]

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]

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