Orthia

Orthia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Agaristinae
Genus: Orthia
Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]
Species:
O. augias
Binomial name
Orthia augias
Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]
Synonyms

Generic

  • Othria Westwood, 1877

Specific

  • Agarista lethe Felder, 1874
  • Orthia nexa Boisduval, 1874
  • Othria amazonica Westwood, 1877

Orthia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Orthia augias, is found in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Both the genus and species were first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1853.