Ortospana

For the ancient city of Bactriana, see Ortospana (town).

Ortospana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae (?)
Subfamily:	Catocalinae
Genus:	Ortospana Walker, 1865
Species:	O. connectens
Binomial name
Ortospana connectens Walker, 1865

Ortospana is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Ortospana connectens, is known from Sri Lanka. Both the genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1865. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Ortospana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved January 23, 2020.
2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Ortospana Walker, 1865". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved January 23, 2020.