Oruza is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.
Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head, where the second joint hairy in front and third joint minute. Antennae of male ciliated and with bristles at the joints. Thorax and abdomen slightly scaled. Fore legs with hairy tibia and femur. Hind legs of male with outer side hairy tibia and tarsi, with long short scaly spurs. Hind wings with long hairy tibia and tarsi in both sides and scaly spurs. Fore wings rather elongate, with round apex. Vein 8 anastomosing with veins 9 and 10 to form the areole. Hind wings with stalked veins 3 and 4. Larva with two pairs of abdominal prolegs.
The genus has previously been classified in the Aventiinae subfamily within Erebidae or in the Acontiinae subfamily of the Noctuidae family.
Oruza albigutta Wileman, 1914Oruza albocostaliata Packard, 1876 – White Edge MothOruza albocostata Druce, 1899Oruza atriapicata Hampson, 1910Oruza bipunctata Warren, 1913Oruza cariosa Lucas, 1894Oruza cervinipennis Warren, 1913Oruza chalcogramma Bryk, 1949Oruza chionocraspis Hampson, 1918Oruza costaloides Poole, 1983Oruza costata Walker, 1862Oruza crocodeta Turner, 1903Oruza dasycara Prout, 1926Oruza discisigna Warren, 1913Oruza divisa Walker, 1862Oruza dolichognatha Hampson, 1918Oruza dorsinotata Warren, 1913Oruza doto Schaus, 1914Oruza glaucotorna Hampson, 1910Oruza inclinata Berio, 1963Oruza kavatcha Holloway, 1979Oruza kuehni Warren, 1913Oruza lacteicosta Hampson, 1898Oruza latifera Walker, 1869Oruza leucocraspia Hampson, 1910Oruza leucostigma Turner, 1945Oruza lithochroma Turner, 1929Oruza maerens Turner, 1936Oruza megalospila Turner, 1933Oruza microstigma Warren, 1913Oruza mira Butler, 1879Oruza morma Swinhoe, 1901Oruza narabuta Holloway, 1979Oruza obliquaria Marumo, 1936Oruza particolor Warren, 1913Oruza rectangulata Warren, 1913Oruza rectilineata Hampson, 1910Oruza rufata Warren, 1913Oruza rufiplaga Bethune-Baker, 1906Oruza rupestre Fryer, 1912Oruza semilux Walker, 1865Oruza seminivea Warren, 1913Oruza sordida Wileman & West, 1929Oruza stragulata Pagenstecher, 1900Oruza submira Sugi, Sugi, Kuroko, Moriuti & Kawabe, 1982Oruza unipuncta Warren, 1913Oruza xanthoptera Hampson, 1902Oruza yoshinoensis Wileman, 1911