Genus of moths
Oruza is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1862.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Description
Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head, where the second joint hairy in front and third joint minute. Antennae of male ciliated and with bristles at the joints. Thorax and abdomen slightly scaled. Forelegs with hairy tibia and femur. Hindlegs of male with outer side hairy tibia and tarsi, with long short scaly spurs. Hindwings with long hairy tibia and tarsi in both sides and scaly spurs. Forewings rather elongate, with round apex. Vein 8 anastomosing with veins 9 and 10 to form the areole. Hindwings with stalked veins 3 and 4. Larva with two pairs of abdominal prolegs.[ 4]
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Aventiinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae .[ 5] [ 6]
Species
Oruza albigutta Wileman, 1914
Oruza albocostaliata Packard, 1876 – white edge moth
Oruza albocostata Druce, 1899
Oruza atriapicata Hampson, 1910
Oruza bipunctata Warren, 1913
Oruza cariosa Lucas, 1894
Oruza cervinipennis Warren, 1913
Oruza chalcogramma Bryk, 1949
Oruza chionocraspis Hampson, 1918
Oruza costaloides Poole, 1983
Oruza costata Walker, 1862
Oruza crocodeta Turner, 1903
Oruza dasycara Prout, 1926
Oruza discisigna Warren, 1913
Oruza divisa Walker, 1862
Oruza dolichognatha Hampson, 1918
Oruza dorsinotata Warren, 1913
Oruza doto Schaus, 1914
Oruza glaucotorna Hampson, 1910
Oruza inclinata Berio, 1963
Oruza kavatcha Holloway, 1979
Oruza kuehni Warren, 1913
Oruza lacteicosta Hampson, 1898
Oruza latifera Walker, 1869
Oruza leucocraspia Hampson, 1910
Oruza leucostigma Turner, 1945
Oruza lithochroma Turner, 1929
Oruza maerens Turner, 1936
Oruza megalospila Turner, 1933
Oruza microstigma Warren, 1913
Oruza mira Butler, 1879
Oruza morma Swinhoe, 1901
Oruza narabuta Holloway, 1979
Oruza obliquaria Marumo, 1936
Oruza particolor Warren, 1913
Oruza rectangulata Warren, 1913
Oruza rectilineata Hampson, 1910
Oruza rufata Warren, 1913
Oruza rufiplaga Bethune-Baker, 1906
Oruza rupestre Fryer, 1912
Oruza semilux Walker, 1865
Oruza seminivea Warren, 1913
Oruza sordida Wileman & West, 1929
Oruza stragulata Pagenstecher, 1900
Oruza submira Sugi, Sugi, Kuroko, Moriuti & Kawabe, 1982
Oruza unipuncta Warren, 1913
Oruza xanthoptera Hampson, 1902
Oruza yoshinoensis Wileman, 1911
References
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oruza " . The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved October 5, 2020 .
^ Savela, Markku (August 23, 2020). "Oruza Walker, 1862" . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . Retrieved October 5, 2020 .
^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Oruza Walker, 1861" . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London . doi :10.5519/s93616qw . Retrieved October 5, 2020 .
^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II . Vol. Moths - Vol. II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)" . Systematic Entomology . 37 : 102– 124. doi :10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x .
^ Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 Mar 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico" . ZooKeys (40): 26. Bibcode :2010ZooK...40....1L . doi :10.3897/zookeys.40.414 .