Obana

Obana is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1862.[1]

Obana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Boletobiinae
Genus:	Obana Walker, 1862
Synonyms
Vittappressa Bethune-Baker, 1906 Hypobleta Turner, 1908

Taxonomy

The Global Lepidoptera Names Index and Butterflies and Moths of the World put this genus in the family Noctuidae.[2][3]

Species

• Obana berioi (Hacker, Fiebig & Stadie, 2019) Ethiopia
• Obana biformis (Hacker, Fiebig & Stadie, 2019) Madagascar
• Obana cerynoides (Hacker, 2019) Gabon
• Obana dinawa (Bethune-Baker, 1906) New Guinea
• Obana fascicola (Hacker, 2019) Tanzania, Zimbabwe
• Obana fatua (Viette, 1962) Madagascar
• Obana festiva (Viette, 1962) Madagascar
• Obana gloriosa (Viette, 1956) Madagascar
• Obana plagiostola (Hampson, 1896) Bhutan
• Obana pusillana (Hacker, Fiebig & Stadie, 2019) Madagascar
• Obana rufiplaga (Bethune-Baker, 1906) New Guinea
• Obana solomonensis Warren, 1913 Solomons
• Obana vagipennata Walker, 1862 Borneo, New Guinea, Queensland
• Obana viettei (Berio, 1954) Madagascar, Cameroon, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa
• Obana viridicincta (Viette, 1956) Madagascar

References

1. Savela, Markku (June 15, 2020). "Obana Walker, 1862". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Obana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Obana Walker, 1862". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 5, 2020.