''Orthoraphis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 of the family

Crambidae The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...

described by

George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills o ...

in 1896. The genus was recently transferred from the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

Spilomelinae Spilomelinae is a very species-rich subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. With 4,135 described species in 344 genera worldwide, it is the most speciose group among pyraloidea, pyraloids. Description Imagines ...

Lathrotelinae Lathrotelinae is a subfamily of the pyraloid family Crambidae described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1971. It currently comprises 45 species in six genera. Description Characteristic features of the Lathrotelinae are the undulating wing ou ...

Species

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Orthoraphis metasticta ''Orthoraphis metasticta'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1899. It is found in India (Khasis) and the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Phili ...

'' Hampson, 1899 *''

Orthoraphis obfuscata ''Orthoraphis obfuscata'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்க ...

'' (Hampson, 1893) *''

Orthoraphis paula ''Orthoraphis paula'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by West in 1931. It is found in the Philippines (Luzon Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the ...

'' West, 1931 *''

Orthoraphis striatalis ''Orthoraphis striatalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1916. It is found in Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in ...

'' Hampson, 1916

References

Crambidae genera Taxa named by George Hampson {{Crambidae-stub