Orenaia
Encyclopedia
Orenaia is a genus
of moth
s of the Crambidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
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 of the Crambidae
Crambidae
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of Lepidoptera . They are quite variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae taking up closely folded postures on grass-stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly coloured and patterned insects which rest in...
family.
Species
- Orenaia alpestralis (Fabricius, 1787)
- Orenaia alticolalis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1914)
- Orenaia andereggialis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
- Orenaia arcticalis Munroe, 1974
- Orenaia coloradalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
- Orenaia helveticalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
- Orenaia lugubralis (Lederer, 1857)
- Orenaia macneilli Munroe, 1974
- Orenaia pallidivittalis Munroe, 1956
- Orenaia sierralis Munroe, 1974
- Orenaia trivialis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914