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Oreta pavaca pavaca
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Oreta pavaca pavaca Moore, [1866]
Oreta pavaca Moore, [1866]. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 815; TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen65zool/page/815/mode/1up?view=theater
Oreta pavaca pavaca; Watson, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) 19 (3): 182, f. 47-50. Text at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis19entoond/page/182/mode/1up?view=theater
MON Part 1, Pg. 21, Pl, 1/28.
FBI, Hampson vol 1, pg 350, # 758.
Oreta pavaca sinensis Watson, 1967. Subspecies from China.
Song et al 2012. Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). Pg. 17, Fig. 33-34.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244303-Oreta-pavaca. Errors in ID here, with some griseotincta species listed as pavaca.
JD : agree with ID including subspecies. There are multiple colour forms & intermediates, vide Watson
Created species page. Not published, pending second approval.
YS: Agree with ID, matches the Song et al. paper and doesn't match oreta distincta, was a specimen was collected? seeing the underside color seems like it would help confirm the ID.
Oreta pavaca Moore, [1866]. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 815; TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen65zool/page/815/mode/1up?view=theater
Oreta pavaca pavaca; Watson, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) 19 (3): 182, f. 47-50. Text at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis19entoond/page/182/mode/1up?view=theater
MON Part 1, Pg. 21, Pl, 1/28.
FBI, Hampson vol 1, pg 350, # 758.
Oreta pavaca sinensis Watson, 1967. Subspecies from China.
Song et al 2012. Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). Pg. 17, Fig. 33-34.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244303-Oreta-pavaca. Errors in ID here, with some griseotincta species listed as pavaca.
JD : agree with ID including subspecies. There are multiple colour forms & intermediates, vide Watson
Created species page. Not published, pending second approval.
YS: Agree with ID, matches the Song et al. paper and doesn't match oreta distincta, was a specimen was collected? seeing the underside color seems like it would help confirm the ID.
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