Spirama retorta

Spirama retorta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Erebinae
Tribe: Hypopyrini
Genus: Spirama
Species: S. retorta
Binomial name
Spirama retorta
(Clerck, 1764)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena retorta Clerck, 1764
  • Noctua spiralis Fabricius, 1775
  • Erebus chimista Kollar, 1844
  • Spirama isabella Guenée, 1852
  • Spirama suffumosa Guenée, 1852
  • Spiramia cohaerens Walker, 1858
  • Hypopyra martha Butler, 1878
  • Spirama simplicior Butler, 1881
  • Spirama inaequalis Butler, 1883
  • Spirama jinchuena Butler, 1883

The Indian Owlet-moth (Spirama retorta) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in China (Tibet, Qinghai, Jiangsu, Fukien, Yunnan), Korea, Japan (Honshu), India (Sikkim, West Bengal), Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, the Philippines (Luzon), Indonesia (Java, Sulawesi).[3]

Indian Owlet Moth

References

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