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Orecta
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Orecta

Orecta is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Orecta lycidas

speciesOrecta lycidas

Orecta comus

speciesOrecta comus

Orecta tithonus

speciesOrecta tithonus

Orecta titana

speciesOrecta titana

Orecta acuminata

speciesOrecta acuminata

Orecta fruhstorferi

speciesOrecta fruhstorferi

Orecta venedictoffae

speciesOrecta venedictoffae

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1040972.