''Omochroa'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

genus in the subfamily Arctiinae. Its only species, ''Omochroa spurca'', was described from

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a ...

. Both the genus and the species were first described by

Jules Pierre Rambur Jules Pierre Rambur (21 July 1801 – 10 August 1870) was a French entomologist. Rambur was born in Chinon. He studied the insect fauna of Corsica and Andalusia. He was the author of ''Histoire naturelle des insectes'' (1842) amongst other works ...

in 1866. The type was not saved. The species has affinity with ''

Coscinia romei ''Coscinia romeii'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Ignacio de Sagarra in 1924. It is found in Spain. The wingspan is 24–32 mm. Adults are on wing in September. The larvae feed on ''Stipa'' and ''Brachypodium ''Br ...

'' Sagarra, 1924 (Toulgoët, 1981).

References

*Toulgoët, H. de (1981). "Les types des arctiides décrites par le Docteur P. Rambur épidoptères Arctiidae. ''Alexanor''. 12 (3): 129–131. Paris. * Arctiini Monotypic moth genera Taxa named by Jules Pierre Rambur Moths of Europe {{Arctiinae-stub