Oreta rubromarginata

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

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

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]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oreta rubromarginata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Oreta rubromarginata Swinhoe, 1902". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  3. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1902 (3): 592 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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