Orthosia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. As with the genus Egira, moths in this genus are sometimes called early spring millers, as adults are on wing in winter and early spring.[1]

Orthosia
Orthosia incerta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe: Orthosiini
Genus: Orthosia
Ochsenheimer, 1816
Orthosia sp. moth lateral view

Species edit

Species in Orthosia include:

Former species edit

References edit

  1. ^ Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. pp. 384–386. ISBN 9780520288744.
  2. ^ Gyulai, Péter (2019-06-26). "A new species of Orthosia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Vietnam" (PDF). Opuscula Zoologica. 50 (1): 105–107. doi:10.18348/opzool.2019.1.105.
  3. ^ Wiesmair, Benjamin; Shirvani, Asghar; Ronkay, László (2020-02-13). "A new Orthosia Ochsenheimer, 1816 species from Iran (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Hadeninae)" (PDF). Nota Lepidopterologica. 43: 15–28. doi:10.3897/nl.43.38538. ISSN 2367-5365.

Further reading edit