Orthaga ecphoceana
| Orthaga ecphoceana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Orthaga |
| Species: | O. ecphoceana
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| Binomial name | |
| Orthaga ecphoceana Hampson, 1916
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Orthaga ecphoceana is a species of snout moth in the genus Orthaga, belonging to the subfamily Epipaschiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1916 and is found in New Guinea.[1][2]
The genus Orthaga was established by Francis Walker in 1859 and contains more than 50 species of snout moths distributed primarily across tropical Asia and Australasia.[3] Like other members of the Epipaschiinae, adult males of Orthaga species can be recognized by their upturned and pointed third segment of the labial palps.[4]
References
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Orthaga ecphoceana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
- ^ Hampson, George F. (1916). "Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamilies Epipaschiinae, Chrysauginae, Endotrichinae, and Pyralinae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8. 18: 126–160.
- ^ "Epipaschiinae". Wikispecies. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
- ^ Munroe, Eugene G.; Solis, Maria Alma (1998). "Pyraloidea". Handbook of Zoology. 4 (35): 233–256.