Oreta hoenei

(Oreta hoenei)

Description

Oreta hoenei is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Watson in 1967. It is found in China (Heilongjiang, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan). The length of the forewings is 17.5–24 mm for males and 21.5–24 mm for females. In the nominate subspecies and O. h. inangulata, the wings range from uniform reddish brown with little trace of the medial shade, brown with a darker brown medial shade, varying shades of brown with the distal half of the hindwings bright yellow, or intermediate between these three. In O. h. tienia, neither uniformly reddish brown nor yellow and brown specimens have been seen.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Drepanidae
Genus:Oreta
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