Dreata Explained

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 named Jana yokoana.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Beccaloni . George . etal . February 2005 . Scientific name search . The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum, London.
2. Web site: Savela . Markku . Dreata Walker, 1855 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . February 5, 2018.
3. Web site: Taxonomy Browser: Dreata hades . Barcode of Life Data System . November 17, 2018.
4. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

   . George Hampson . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I . Taylor and Francis . 1892 . 45 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.