Oreta jaspidea

Oreta jaspidea

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Oreta
Species:	O. jaspidea
Binomial name
*Oreta jaspidea* (Warren, 1896)
Synonyms
Cobanilla jaspidea Warren, 1896 Cobanilla fulvata Warren, 1898 Cobanilla erminea Warren, 1899 Oreta hypocalla Lower, 1905 Oreta jaspidea hepatica Warren, 1923 Holoreta rubicunda Warren, 1902

Oreta jaspidea is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Warren in 1896.^[1] It is found on Buru, the Key Islands, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Louisiade Archipelago, Australia (Queensland) and the Solomon Islands.^[2]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The wings range from yellow to brown, with speckles near the base, and sometimes a wavy line from the wingtip to the middle of the inner margin of the forewings.^[3]

Subspecies

Oreta jaspidea jaspidea (Buru, Key Islands, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Louisiade Archipelago, Queensland)
Oreta jaspidea rubicunda (Warren, 1902) (Solomon Islands)

References

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