Oreta pavaca

Oreta pavaca
Oreta pavaca
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Oreta
Species:	O. pavaca
Binomial name
Oreta pavaca Moore, [1866][1]
Synonyms
Psiloreta pavaca purpurea Warren, 1923 Psiloreta pavaca olivacea Warren, 1923 Oreta pavaca ab. flavida Warren, 1923 Oreta fusca H.H. Chu & L.Y. Wang, 1987 Oreta lushansis Fang, 2003 Oreta unichroma H.H. Chu & L.Y. Wang, 1987 Oreta zigzaga H.F. Chu & L.Y. Wang, 1987

Oreta pavaca is a species of moth of the family Drepanidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1866. It is found in China, India and Nepal.[2]

The length of the forewings is 18.5–25.5 mm for males and 21.5–26.5 mm for females.[3]

Subspecies

• Oreta pavaca pavaca (northern India, Sikkim, Nepal, China: Yunnan, Tibet)
• Oreta pavaca sinensis Watson, 1967 (China: Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou)

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Oreta pavaca Moore, [1866]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
2. Song, W.-H. ; D.-Y. Xue & H.-X. Han, 2012: Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). Zootaxa 3445: 1–36.
3. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 19 (3) : 170