Oreta unilinea is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by William Warren in 1899.[1] It is found in New Guinea,[2] where it is known from Papua and Roon Island.[3]

Oreta unilinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Oreta
Species:
O. unilinea
Binomial name
Oreta unilinea
(Warren, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Cobanilla unilinea Warren, 1899
  • Holoreta cervina Warren, 1907
  • Oreta mollita Warren, 1923
  • Oreta mollita castaneata Warren, 1923

The wingspan is about 48 mm. The forewings are dull fulvous with a lilac tinge. The lower arm of the discocellular is marked with white scales. There is a deeper fulvous diffuse shade from the costa just before the middle, transversing the discocellular, and very obscurely curved towards the base of the inner margin. There is a deeper fulvous slightly flexuous line, edged externally with pale yellowish from just beyond the middle of the inner margin into the apex. The hindwings have a paler costal area and deeper fulvous central and marginal shades. The submarginal area has a few black scales and traces of two curved rows of darker spots between the veins. The discocellular is marked as in the forewings.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Oreta unilinea​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Oreta unilinea (Warren, 1899)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  3. ^ The Hooktips (Drepanidae, Drepaninae) of Papua Indonesia
  4. ^ Novitates Zoologicae 6: 2   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.