Orthoraphis Metasticta
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''Orthoraphis'' 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 ...
described by
George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills ...
in 1896. The genus was recently transferred from the
subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
Spilomelinae Spilomelinae is a very species-rich subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. With 4,180 described species in 351 genera worldwide, it is the most speciose group among pyraloidea, pyraloids. Description Imagines ...
to
Lathrotelinae Lathrotelinae is a subfamily of the Pyraloidea, pyraloid family (biology), family Crambidae described by J._F._Gates_Clarke, John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1971. It currently comprises 54 species in six genus, genera. Description Characteristic ...
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Species

*'' Orthoraphis metasticta'' Hampson, 1899 *'' Orthoraphis obfuscata'' (Hampson, 1893) *'' Orthoraphis striatalis'' Hampson, 1916


Former species

'' Orthoraphis paula'' West, 1931 was moved to the genus '' Sufetula''.


References

Crambidae genera Taxa named by George Hampson {{Crambidae-stub