Orthonama

Orthonama
Adult oblique carpet (O. vittata) at in the Belgian Ardennes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Larentiinae
Tribe:	Xanthorhoini
Genus:	Orthonama Hübner, 1825
Type species
Geometra lignata Hübner, 1799
Species
Several, see text
Synonyms
Numerous, see text

Orthonama is a genus of the geometer moth family (Geometridae). It belongs to the tribe Xanthorhoini of the "carpet" subfamily (Larentiinae). Nycterosea is usually included here by modern authors, but may in fact be distinct enough to warrant recognition as an independent genus.^[1] The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.

Selected species[]

Species of Orthonama (sensu lato) include:^{[verification needed][2]}

• Orthonama centrostrigaria (Wollaston, 1858) (= O. interruptata, O. latirupta, O. luscinata, O. mediata, O. paranensis)
• Prout, 1929
• Orthonama evansi (McDunnough, 1920)
• Orthonama obstipata (Fabricius, 1794) – gem
• Orthonama quadrisecta Herbulot, 1954
• Orthonama vittata (Borkhausen, 1794) – oblique carpet

Synonyms[]

Junior synonyms of Orthonama are:^[3]

• Nycterocea (lapsus)
• Nycterosea Hulst, 1896 (but see above)
• Nyctosia (lapsus; non Hampson, 1900: preoccupied)
• Orthonoma (lapsus)
• Percnoptilota Hulst, 1896
• Plemyria Hübner, 1825a (non Hübner, 1825b: preoccupied)

Footnotes[]

References[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Orthonama.

• Fauna Europaea (FE) (2009a): Nycterosea. Version 2.6.2, 29 August 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
• Fauna Europaea (FE) (2009b): Orthonama. Version 2.6.2, 29 August 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004a): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Nycterosea. Version of 5 November 2004. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004b): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Orthonama. Version of 5 November 2004. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
• Savela, Markku (2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Orthonama. Version of 14 December 2001. Retrieved 12 May 2010.