drawing by Frederic Moore, listed as Oręsia emarginata,
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Volume 3 (1884), Plate 153, fig. 2b,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

The caterpillars pupate in a sparse silken cocoon between leaves of the foodplant.

female
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths are brown, with a dark mark near the middle of the hind margin, and sometimes yellow markings at the tornus of each forewing. The wingtips are hooked and the hind margin recurved, of each forewing. The hindwings are plain brown, fading toward the bases. The females are more brightly coloured than the males. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

The adult moths damage fruit by piecing the skin to suck the juice.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The species has been found from east Africa to the Philippines, including

as well as in Australia in

drawing by Frederic Moore, listed as Oręsia emarginata,
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Volume 3 (1884), Plate 153, fig. 2,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

Further reading :

Johan Christian Fabricius,
Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta,
Volume 3, Part 2 (1793), p. 82, No. 240.

Frederic Moore,
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon,
L. Reeve, London, Volume 3 (1884), p. 76-77, and also Plate 153, figs. 2, 2a, 2b.

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(written 28 November 2012, updated 27 August 2023)