Houlberthosia
Encyclopedia
Houlberthosia is a genus of moth
s in the Noctuidae
family. It contains only one species, Houlberthosia ornatissma, which is found in Vietnam
and Taiwan
.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family. It contains only one species, Houlberthosia ornatissma, which is found in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
and Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
.
Subspecies
- Houlberthosia ornatissma ornatissma (Taiwan)
- Houlberthosia ornatissma speideli G. Ronkay , L. Ronkay , P. Gyulai & Hacker, 2010 (Vietnam)