Orthonama

Orthonama
	Adult oblique carpet (O. vittata); at Commanster 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)
Orthonama dicymanta Prout, 1929
Orthonama discataria
Orthonama evansi (McDunnough, 1920)
Orthonama flavillacea
Orthonama obstipata (Fabricius, 1794) – gem
Orthonama plemyrata
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

^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004ab), FE (2009ab), and see references in Savela (2001)
^ FE (2009ab), and see references in Savela (2001)
^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004ab), and see references in Savela (2001)

References

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.

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[1] Pitkin & Jenkins (2004ab), FE (2009ab), and see references in Savela (2001)

[2] FE (2009ab), and see references in Savela (2001)

[3] Pitkin & Jenkins (2004ab), and see references in Savela (2001)

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