Ormetica contraria is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in French Guiana, Guyana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.[1][2]
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| Male Ormetica contraria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Ormetica |
| Species: | O. contraria
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| Ormetica contraria (Walker, 1854)
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Subspecies
edit- Ormetica contraria contraria (Brazil)
- Ormetica contraria peruviana (Rothschild, 1922) (Peru)
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Ormetica contraria (Walker, 1854)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ Toulgoët, Hervé de & Navatte, Jocelyne (2000). "Ormetica contraria (Walker, 1854)". Illustrated Catalogue of the Arctiidae Arctiinae and Pericopinae of French Guyana Found in the Collection of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. Retrieved September 13, 2019.