Oreta turpis

{{short description|Species of hook-tip moth}}

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| taxon = Oreta turpis

| authority = Butler, 1877

| synonyms = *Oreta calida Butler, 1877

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Oreta turpis is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877.{{LepIndex |id=84960 |accessdate=May 18, 2018}} It is found in Japan, the Russian Far East (Sakhalin, Ussuri), Korea[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/drepanoidea/drepanidae/drepaninae/oreta/ Oreta] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms and China (Shandong).{{aut|song, W.-H.; D.-Y. Xue & H.-X. Han}}, 2012: Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). Zootaxa 3445: 1-36.

The wingspan is 30–40 mm.[http://www.jpmoth.org/Drepanidae/Drepaninae/Oreta_turpis.html Japanese Moths] Adults are pale shining brown, the external area sprinkled with black, the forewings are crossed by two parallel greyish lines, which become blackish towards the apex. There is a short apical streak between the outer line and the margin. The hindwings have a pale costal area and the apical area is darker than the rest of the wing.[https://archive.org/stream/annalsmagazineof4201877lond#page/477/mode/1up Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 20 (120): 477] {{PD-notice}}