Oricia (moth) explained

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]}

Species

This 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

Notes and References

1. Book: Schintlmeister . Alexander . 2013 . Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera) . World Catalogue of Insects . 11 . . 307 . 10.1163/9789004259188 . 9789004259188.
2. 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 . 102-113 . 10.1206/321.1 . free . 2246/5978 . free . 0003-0090.
3. Web site: Giusti . Alessandro . 2003 . LepIndex - ORICIA . . . 20 February 2024.