''Orectis'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
litter moth
The Herminiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The members of the subfamily are called litter moths because the caterpillars of most members feed on dead leaves of plants, though others feed on living leaves, and/or the mushroom ...
s of the family
Erebidae. The genus was erected by
Julius Lederer in 1857.
Species
*''
Orectis euprepiata''
Dannehl, 1933
*''
Orectis massiliensis''
Millière, 1863
*''
Orectis proboscidata''
Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
References
Herminiinae
Moth genera
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