Oricia is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae. It was described in 1854 by English entomologist Francis Walker and contains four species distributed in Central and South America.[1][2][3]
| Oricia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Tribe: | Dioptini |
| Genus: | Oricia Walker, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Oricia truncata Walker, 1854
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Species
editThis genus includes the following species:[1][2]
- Oricia hillmani Miller, 2009 – Ecuador
- Oricia homalochroa (Felder and Felder, 1874) – Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama
- Oricia phryganeata (Warren, 1907) – Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
- Oricia truncata Walker, 1854 – Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama
References
edit- ^ a b Schintlmeister, Alexander (2013). Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera). World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 11. Brill. p. 307. doi:10.1163/9789004259188. ISBN 9789004259188.
- ^ a b Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 2009 (321). American Museum of Natural History: 102–113. doi:10.1206/321.1. hdl:2246/5978. ISSN 0003-0090.
- ^ Giusti, Alessandro (2003). "LepIndex - ORICIA". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
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