Orontobia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Arctiina
Genus: Orontobia
Species: O. coelestina – O. mooseri – O. murzini – O. secreta – O. taglangla
Name

Orontobia de Freina, 1997

Type species: Orontobia dalailama de Freina, 1997
References

Dubatolov, V.V., 2005: Description of new taxa of tiger moths from China, with some synonymic notes (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Atalanta 36 (3/4): 526–537.
Freina de J.J., 1997: New discovered tiger moths from the Asian Palaearctic fauna (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae). Linneana Belgica 16 (1): 49–60.

Orontobia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The moths are found in the mountains of West China.
Species

Orontobia coelestina (Püngeler, 1904) - Provisional taxonomic position. No male known.
Orontobia mooseri de Freina, 1997
Orontobia murzini Dubatolov, 2005
Orontobia secreta (Draudt, 1931) (=Orontobia dalailama kansuensis de Freina, 1997)
Orontobia secreta dalailama de Freina, 1997
Orontobia taglangla de Freina, 1997

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog