Oretopsis

Oretopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Subfamily:	Drepaninae
Genus:	Oretopsis; Watson, 1965
Species:	O. vohilava
Binomial name
	Oretopsis vohilava; (Viette, 1954)
Synonyms
	Spidia vohilava Viette, 1954;

Oretopsis is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Drepaninae. It contains the single species Oretopsis vohilava, described by Pierre Viette in 1954.^[1] It is found in Madagascar.^[2]

The length of the forewings is 17.5-20.5 mm for males and 23.5–25 mm for females. The ground-colour of the wings is buff, greenish grey or pinkish grey, variously speckled with black. The forewings are usually darker between the antemedial and postmedial fascia.^[3]

References[]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oretopsis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
^ Afro Moths
^ A revision of the Ethiopian Drepanidae (Lepidoptera)

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oretopsis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.

[2] Afro Moths

[3] A revision of the Ethiopian Drepanidae (Lepidoptera)

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