Orthomecyna Picrodes
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''Orthomecyna'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Crambidae Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...
. All species are endemic to
Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...
.


Species

*'' Orthomecyna albicaudata'' Butler, 1883 *'' Orthomecyna alloptila'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Orthomecyna amphilyca'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Orthomecyna aphanopis'' Meyrick, 1888 *'' Orthomecyna chrysophanes'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Orthomecyna crossias'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Orthomecyna epicausta'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Orthomecyna exigua'' Butler, 1879 **''Orthomecyna exigua cupreipennis'' **''Orthomecyna exigua exigua'' *'' Orthomecyna heterodryas'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Orthomecyna mesochasma'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Orthomecyna metalycia'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Orthomecyna phaeophanes'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Orthomecyna picrodes'' Meyrick, 1899


References


Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Crambinae Endemic moths of Hawaii Crambidae genera Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler {{Crambinae-stub