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, 1914
Oruza albocostaliata Packard, 1876 – White Edge Moth
Oruza albocostata Druce, 1899
Oruza atriapicata Hampson, 1910
Oruza bipunctata Warren, 1913
Oruza cariosa Lucas, 1894
Oruza cervinipennis Warren, 1913
Oruza chalcogramma Bryk, 1949
Oruza chionocraspis Hampson, 1918
Oruza costaloides Poole, 1983
Oruza costata Walker, 1862
Oruza crocodeta Turner, 1903
Oruza dasycara Prout, 1926
Oruza discisigna Warren, 1913
Oruza divisa Walker, 1862
Oruza dolichognatha Hampson, 1918
Oruza dorsinotata Warren, 1913
Oruza doto Schaus, 1914
Oruza glaucotorna Hampson, 1910
Oruza inclinata Berio, 1963
Oruza kavatcha Holloway, 1979
Oruza kuehni Warren, 1913
Oruza lacteicosta Hampson, 1898
Oruza latifera Walker, 1869
Oruza leucocraspia Hampson, 1910
Oruza leucostigma Turner, 1945
Oruza lithochroma Turner, 1929
Oruza maerens Turner, 1936
Oruza megalospila Turner, 1933
Oruza microstigma Warren, 1913
Oruza mira Butler, 1879
Oruza morma Swinhoe, 1901
Oruza narabuta Holloway, 1979
Oruza obliquaria Marumo, 1936
Oruza particolor Warren, 1913
Oruza rectangulata Warren, 1913
Oruza rectilineata Hampson, 1910
Oruza rufata Warren, 1913
Oruza rufiplaga Bethune-Baker, 1906
Oruza rupestre Fryer, 1912
Oruza semilux Walker, 1865
Oruza seminivea Warren, 1913
Oruza sordida Wileman & West, 1929
Oruza stragulata Pagenstecher, 1900
Oruza submira Sugi, Sugi, Kuroko, Moriuti & Kawabe, 1982
Oruza unipuncta Warren, 1913
Oruza xanthoptera Hampson, 1902
Oruza yoshinoensis Wileman, 1911
