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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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

Species

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This genus includes the following species:[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Schintlmeister, Alexander (2013). Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera). World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 11. Brill. p. 307. doi:10.1163/9789004259188. ISBN 9789004259188.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Giusti, Alessandro (2003). "LepIndex - ORICIA". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 20 February 2024.