Oreta jaspidea (Warren, 1896)
(one synonym: Holoreta rubicunda Warren, 1902)
DREPANIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 21 March 2008)


(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville)

The adult moth of this species has brown wings, with some bubbly looking speckles near the base of each forewing.. The forewings have the characteristic hooked apices of this moth family DREPANIDAE. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

The species occurs in New Guinea and Queensland.


Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 380.


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