Ophiusa reducta

Ophiusa reducta [1] is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Madagascar.[2]

Ophiusa reducta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Ophiusa
Species:
O. reducta
Binomial name
Ophiusa reducta
(Mabille, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Stenopis reducta Mabille, 1880
  • Anua reducta (Mabille, 1880)

Larval food-plant is Combretum indicum, a Combretaceae.[3]

References

  1. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived 2009-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
  2. afromoths
  3. images & distribution map at Africanmoths.com


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