Oreta vatama

Oreta vatama is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1866.[1] It is found in Pakistan, India, Bhutan, northern Myanmar and China.[2]

Oreta vatama
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Oreta
Species:
O. vatama
Binomial name
Oreta vatama
Moore, [1866]

The length of the forewings is 17–24 mm for males and 20–25 mm for females.[3]

Subspecies

  • Oreta vatama vatama (north-eastern India, Sikkim, Bhutan, northern Myanmar)
  • Oreta vatama acutula Watson, 1967 (China: Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet)
  • Oreta vatama luculenta Watson, 1967 (north-western India, Kashmir, Pakistan)
  • Oreta vatama tsina Watson, 1967 (China: Shaanxi, Gansu)

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oreta vatama". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Oreta vatama Moore, [1866]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  3. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 19 (3): 170


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