Ophiusa (moth)

Ophiusa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.[1]

Ophiusa
Ophiusa legendrei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Ophiusini
Genus: Ophiusa
Ochsenheimer, 1816
Synonyms
  • Anua Walker, 1858
  • Hemachra Sodoffsky, 1837
  • Meropis Hübner, 1818
  • Ophiogenes Reichenbach, 1817
  • Stenopis Mabille, 1880
  • Peranua Berio, 1959
  • Subanua Berio, 1959
  • Trichanua Berio, 1954
  • Perophiusa Berio, 1959

Description

Palpi upturned and smoothly scaled, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and third joint variable in length and longer in female than male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid tibia spiny and sometimes hind tibia as well. Tibia fringed with long hair in male. Forewings with somewhat acute apex. The outer margin nearly straight. Hindwings with slightly angled outer margin at vein 2. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs, where the first pair or two pairs are rudimentary.[2]

Species

Ophiusa coronata Fabricius, 1775 is now placed in Thyas as Thyas coronata.

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References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1816". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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