Oreta loochooana Swinhoe, 1902

Ahmad, Jalil, Shah, Suresh Kr., Mishra, Purnendu, Joshi, Rahul & Singh, Navneet, 2023, New record of moths (Lepidoptera) from India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 123 (1), pp. 13-20 : 14

2. Oreta loochooana Swinhoe, 1902 ( Figure 2 )

1902. Oreta loochooana Swinhoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. London : 591

Material examined: Bihar: VTR: Bhediyari , 21.iii.2017, 01 ex. ( Coll. Singh and Ahmad) .

Diagnosis: Forewing with with yellow suffusion on the basal and outer portions, outer margin evenly rounded below the incurve under the apex. A yellow line running from mid of the hind margin towards apex, prominent black spots at apex and anal angle; hindwing yellow with red-brown suffusion.

Distribution: India, Bihar (present study); China, Hong Kong, Japan ( Kendrick, 2002).

Figures

Figures 1-7. Adults: 1. Nosophora maculalis (Leech, 1889), 2. Oreta loochooana Swinhoe, 1902, 3. Eugoa brun- nea Hampson, 1914, 4. Fossia melanandra (Černý, 2009), 5. Miltochrista roseogrisea (Rothschild, 1913), 6. Spilosoma howqua Moore, 1877, 7. Adrapsa ablualis Walker, (1859).