Oraesia emarginata

Oraesia emarginata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Oraesia
Species:
O. emarginata
Binomial name
Oraesia emarginata
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Noctua emarginata Fabricius, 1794
  • Calpe emarginata
  • Calyptra emarginata
  • Oraesia metallescens Guenée, 1852
  • Oraesia alliciens Walker, [1858]
  • Oraesia tentans Walker, [1858]
  • Oraesia camaguina Swinhoe, 1918

Oraesia emarginata is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in Australia, New Caledonia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Pakistan, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, China, Japan, Korea and Nepal as well as Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, the Gambia, Uganda, Oman and Yemen.