Oreta suffusa
| Oreta suffusa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Oreta |
| Species: | O. suffusa |
| Binomial name | |
| Oreta suffusa Walker, 1855 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oreta suffusa is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by 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]
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