Orencostoma
| Orencostoma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Yponomeutidae |
| Genus: | Orencostoma Moriuti, 1971 |
| Type species | |
| Orencostoma bicornigerum Moriuti, 1971
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Orencostoma is a small genus of ermine moths in the family Yponomeutidae. The genus was erected by Sigeru Moriuti in 1971 for the type species O. bicornigerum from Kashmir, India.[1][2] Two additional species from northern China were described in 2019, expanding the known range of the genus into East Asia.[3]
Species
The following species are currently placed in Orencostoma:[1][4]
- Orencostoma bicornigerum Moriuti, 1971 – type species; described from Gulmarg, Kashmir (India).[1][2]
- Orencostoma divulgatum Wang in Lou, Li & Wang, 2019 – described from Mt. Baxian, Tianjin (China).[3]
- Orencostoma semicirculum Wang in Lou, Li & Wang, 2019 – described from Mt. Qian, Anshan (Liaoning, China).[3]
Distribution
Records currently span the western Himalaya (Kashmir) and northern China (Tianjin and Liaoning), based on the original description and subsequent Chinese material.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c d Moriuti, Sigeru (1971). "Two new genera and a new species of the Indian Yponomeutidae (Lepidoptera)". Kontyû. 39 (3): 251–255 – via CiNii/NDL.
- ^ a b "Orencostoma Moriuti, 1971". Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ a b c d Lou, Kang; Li, Juan; Wang, Shu-Xia (24 January 2019). "First report of the genus Orencostoma Moriuti (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species". Zoological Systematics. 44 (1): 76–83. doi:10.11865/zs.201902.
- ^ "Orencostoma Moriuti, 1971". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 1 September 2025.