''Oraesia emarginata'' is a species of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
of the family
Erebidae
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first described by
Johan Christian Fabricius
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in 1794. It is found in
Australia
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,
New Caledonia
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,
Indonesia
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,
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
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,
Pakistan
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, the
Philippines
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,
India
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,
Sri Lanka
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,
Sulawesi
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,
Taiwan
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,
China
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,
Japan
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,
Korea
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and
Nepal
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as well as
Eritrea
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,
Ethiopia
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,
Kenya
)
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Namibia
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,
Nigeria
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,
South Africa
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Tanzania
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,
the Gambia
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Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
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,
Oman
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and
Yemen
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.
Description
The
wingspan
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is about 35–42 mm. Antennae of male unipectinate. Palpi with the third joint produced to a point. Forewings with outer margin angled at vein 4. Male has fiery orange head and collar. Thorax reddish brown. Abdomen