Oreta turpis is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877.[1] It is found in Japan, the Russian Far East (Sakhalin, Ussuri), Korea[2] and China (Shandong).[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Oreta |
| Species: | O. turpis
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| Oreta turpis Butler, 1877
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The wingspan is 30–40 mm.[4] Adults are pale shining brown, the external area sprinkled with black, the forewings are crossed by two parallel greyish lines, which become blackish towards the apex. There is a short apical streak between the outer line and the margin. The hindwings have a pale costal area and the apical area is darker than the rest of the wing.[5]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oreta turpis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ Oreta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ song, W.-H.; D.-Y. Xue & H.-X. Han, 2012: Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). Zootaxa 3445: 1-36.
- ^ Japanese Moths
- ^ Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 20 (120): 477
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