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{{short description|Species of hook-tip moth}}
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Oreta pavaca
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| authority = [[Frederic Moore|Moore]], [1866]<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/drepanoidea/drepanidae/drepaninae/oreta/#pavaca |title=''Oreta pavaca'' Moore, [1866] |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=August 6, 2018}}</ref>
| authority = [[Frederic Moore|Moore]], [1866]<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/drepanoidea/drepanidae/drepaninae/oreta/#pavaca |title=''Oreta pavaca'' Moore, [1866] |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=August 6, 2018}}</ref>
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'''''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]].<ref>{{aut|Song, W.-H. ; D.-Y. Xue & H.-X. Han}}, 2012: Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). ''Zootaxa'' '''3445''': 1–36.</ref>
'''''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]].<ref>{{aut|Song, W.-H. ; D.-Y. Xue & H.-X. Han}}, 2012: Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). ''Zootaxa'' '''3445''': 1–36.</ref>


The length of the forewings is 18.5–25.5&nbsp;mm for males and 21.5–26.5&nbsp;mm for females. The coloration and colour pattern of the wings distinguish this species from the rest of this species group.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis19entoond#page/171/mode/1up ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)'' 19 (3) : 170]</ref>
The length of the forewings is 18.5–25.5&nbsp;mm for males and 21.5–26.5&nbsp;mm for females.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis19entoond#page/171/mode/1up ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)'' 19 (3) : 170]</ref>


==Subspecies==
==Subspecies==

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Oreta pavaca
Oreta pavaca
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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  • 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

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  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