Spirama retorta

Indian owlet-moth
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Spirama
Species:
S. retorta
Binomial name
Spirama retorta
(Clerck, 1764)
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

Spirama retorta, the Indian owlet-moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1764. It is found in China (Tibet, Qinghai, Jiangsu, Fukien, Yunnan), Korea, Japan (Honshu), India (Sikkim, West Bengal), Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, the Philippines (Luzon), Indonesia (Java, Sulawesi),Japan (Ryukyu Islands).