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 mediofoveataHampson, 1926

Orygmophora is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Orygmophora mediofoveata, is found in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. ^[1] Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson in 1926. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Its host plants include Nauclea diderrichii . ^[1]

References

1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Orygmophora mediofoveata Hampson, 1926". Afromoths. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
2. Savela, Markku (March 11, 2020). "Orygmophora Hampson, 1926". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Orygmophora​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved June 23, 2020.
4. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Orygmophora Hampson, 1926". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved June 23, 2020.

External links

• Original description of genus and species: Hampson, George F. (1926). Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae) in the British Museum (Natural History). pp. 587–588 – via Internet Archive.