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Oraesia excavata is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.[1] It is found in Japan, Korea, China, Thailand and Taiwan and has recently been recorded from Hawaii.[2]

Oraesia excavata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Oraesia
Species:	O. excavata
Binomial name
Oraesia excavata (Butler, 1878)
Synonyms
Calpe excavata Butler, 1878

Adults are orange and mimic a dead leaf. They pierce fruit (including prune, citrus, grape, peach, pear, apple, guava, papaya, mango, banana and loquat) to suck the juice.

The larvae feed on Menispermaceae species, possibly including Cocculus orbiculatus, Lepisanthes rubiginosa and Stephania japonica.

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