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Dreata
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Dreata

Walker, 1855
Species:
D. hades
Binomial name
Dreata hades
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Drexta Kirby, 1892

Dreata is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae described by Francis Walker in 1855.[1] Its single species, Dreata hades, described by the same author in the same year, is found in Bangladesh,[2] Myanmar[3] and India.

The wingspan is about 72 mm. The forewings are mouse brown, with the medial area pale. There are five indistinct waved lines, a nearly straight and erect prominent postmedial line and a waved submarginal line. The hindwings are pale at the base, without the waved lines. The postmedial line is less prominent and there is a submarginal waved line.[4]

Dreata yokoana Bethune-Baker, 1927 was once in this genus, but it is now now Jana yokoana.

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Dreata Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "Taxonomy Browser: Dreata hades". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  4. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 45 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.