Orthonama

Orthonama
Adult Oblique Carpet (Orthonama vittata) at Commanster (Belgian Ardennes)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Larentiinae
Tribe:	Xanthorhoini
Genus:	Orthonama Hübner, 1825
Type species
Geometra lignata Hübner, 1799
Species
Several, see text
Synonyms
Numerous, see text

Orthonama is a genus of the geometer moth family, Geometridae. It belongs to the tribe Xanthorhoini of the "carpet" subfamily (Larentiinae). Nycterosea is usually included here by modern authors, but may in fact be distinct enough to warrant recognition as an independent genus.^[1]

Selected species

Species of Orthonama (sensu lato) include:^[2]

• Orthonama centrostrigaria (Wollaston, 1858) (= O. interruptata, O. latirupta, O. luscinata, O. mediata, O. paranensis)
• Orthonama dicymanta Prout, 1929
• Orthonama discataria
• Orthonama evansi (McDunnough, 1920)
• Orthonama flavillacea
• Orthonama obstipata (Fabricius, 1794)– Gem
• Orthonama plemyrata
• Orthonama quadrisecta Herbulot, 1954
• Orthonama vittata (Borkhausen, 1794) – Oblique Carpet

Synonyms

Junior synonyms of Orthonama are:^[3]

• Nycterocea (lapsus)
• Nycterosea Hulst, 1896 (but see above)
• Nyctosia (lapsus; non Hampson, 1900: preoccupied)
• Orthonoma (lapsus)
• Percnoptilota Hulst, 1896
• Plemyria Hübner, 1825a (non Hübner, 1825b: preoccupied)

Footnotes

1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004ab), FE (2009ab), and see references in Savela (2001)
2. FE (2009ab), and see references in Savela (2001)
3. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004ab), and see references in Savela (2001)

References

• Fauna Europaea (FE) (2009a): Nycterosea. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-MAY-12.
• Fauna Europaea (FE) (2009b): Orthonama. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-MAY-12.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004a): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Nycterosea. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-12.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004b): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Orthonama. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-12.
• Savela, Markku (2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Orthonama. Version of 2001-DEC-14. Retrieved 2010-MAY-12.