''Houlberthosia'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s in the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

. It contains only one species, ''Houlberthosia ornatissima'', which is found in

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

Subspecies

*''Houlberthosia ornatissima ornatissima'' (Taiwan) *''Houlberthosia ornatissima speideli'' G. Ronkay, L. Ronkay, P. Gyulai & Hacker, 2010 (Vietnam)

References

Orthosiini Monotypic moth genera Moths of Asia {{Orthosiini-stub