Oreta ancora

Oreta ancora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Oreta
Species:	O. ancora
Binomial name
	Oreta ancora; Chu and Wang, 1987

Oreta ancora is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Hong-Fu Chu and Lin-Yao Wang in 1987.[1] It is found in China (Sichuan, Tibet) and Nepal.[2]

The length of the forewings is 16–19 mm. Adults are similar to Oreta angularis, but the outer margin of the forewings is convex, not forming a triangle and there are two prominent oblique dark lines on the hindwings, as well as an oval dark spot in the cell.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oreta ancora". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
Song, W.-H.; D.-Y. Xue & H.-X. Han, 2012: Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). Zootaxa 3445: 1–36.
Chu, H.F. & L.Y. Wang, 1987: Studies on the taxonomy and zoogeography of the Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 30 (3): 291–303.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oreta ancora". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.

[2] Song, W.-H.; D.-Y. Xue & H.-X. Han, 2012: Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). Zootaxa 3445: 1–36.

[3] Chu, H.F. & L.Y. Wang, 1987: Studies on the taxonomy and zoogeography of the Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 30 (3): 291–303.