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Oreta turpis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Oreta
Species:	O. turpis
Binomial name
Oreta turpis Butler, 1877
Synonyms
Oreta calida Butler, 1877

Oreta turpis is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in Japan, the Russian Far East (Sakhalin, Ussuri), Korea and China (Shandong).

The wingspan is 30–40 mm. 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.

References

1. 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.
2. Oreta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. song, W.-H.; D.-Y. Xue & H.-X. Han, 2012: Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). Zootaxa 3445: 1-36.
4. Japanese Moths
5. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 20 (120): 477 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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