Spirama retorta

Spirama retorta


Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Spirama
Species:	S. retorta
Binomial name
*Spirama retorta* (Clerck, 1764)^[1]^[2]
Synonyms
Phalaena retorta Clerck, 1764 Noctua spiralis Fabricius, 1775 Erebus chimista Kollar, 1844 Spirama isabella Guenée, 1852 Spirama suffumosa Guenée, 1852 Spiramia cohaerens Walker, 1858 Hypopyra martha Butler, 1878 Spirama simplicior Butler, 1881 Spirama inaequalis Butler, 1883 Spirama jinchuena Butler, 1883

The Indian Owlet-moth (Spirama retorta) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in China (Tibet, Qinghai, Jiangsu, Fukien, Yunnan), Korea, Japan (Honshu), India (Sikkim, West Bengal), Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, the Philippines (Luzon), Indonesia (Java, Sulawesi).^[3]

The pattern on the wings often looks like the face of a snake with slightly opened mouth.

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