Oreta suffusa

Oreta suffusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Oreta
Species: O. suffusa
Binomial name
Oreta suffusa
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Oreta violacea Hampson, 1891

Oreta suffusa is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Walker in 1855.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka and southern India.[2]

Adults are lilac fawn colour, the wings with numerous greyish spots, yellowish towards the base and along the exterior border. The forewings have a darker middle part, bounded on the inside by an undulating grey band and on the outside by a more oblique and straight yellow band. There is a blackish spot at the interior angle. The hindwings have a very narrow darker middle part.[3]

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