Orygmophora

Orygmophora
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Calpinae
Genus: Orygmophora
Hampson, 1926
Species:
O. mediofoveata
Binomial name
Orygmophora mediofoveata
(Hampson, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Orgymophora mediofoveata Hampson, 1926

Orygmophora is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Orygmophora mediofoveata, is found in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson in 1926.

Its host plants include Nauclea diderrichii.