Ophiusa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Erebinae
Tribus: Ophiusini
Genus: Ophiusa
Species: O. astragali – O. limosa – O. lubrica – O. orobi – O. pastinum – O. tirhaca – O. viciae – O. waterloti
Name

Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1816

Type species: Phalaena tirhaca Cramer, [1777]
References

Babics, J. 2014. On the taxonomy of the Lygephila Billberg, 1820-Autophila Hübner, [1823]-Apopestes Hübner, [1823] generic complex (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Erebinae) with the description of three new taxa and Katyusha raised to generic status. Esperiana 19: 297–336. Abstract (PDF) Reference page.

Ophiusa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.[1]
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 alorensis (Gaede, 1938)
Ophiusa alticola (Hampson, 1913)
Ophiusa ambigua (Gerstaecker, 1871)
Ophiusa anomala (Berio, 1955)
Ophiusa arfaki Bethune-Baker 1910
Ophiusa cancellata (Saalmüller, 1891)
Ophiusa conspicienda (Walker, 1858)
Ophiusa costiplaga (Hulstaert, 1924)
Ophiusa dargei (Laporte, 1977)
Ophiusa david (Holland, 1894)
Ophiusa davidioides (Strand, 1918)
Ophiusa dianaris (Guenée, 1852)
Ophiusa despecta (Holland, 1894)
Ophiusa diagarmma Lower, 1903
Ophiusa digona Mabille, 1879
Ophiusa dilecta Walker, 1865
Ophiusa discriminans (Walker, 1858)
Ophiusa disjungens (Walker, 1858)
Ophiusa fijiensis (Robinson, 1969)
Ophiusa finifascia (Walker, 1858)
Ophiusa flavociliata (Aurivillius, 1925)
Ophiusa gonoptera Hampson, 1910
Ophiusa grandidieri (Viette, 1966)
Ophiusa hituense (Pagenstecher, 1884)
Ophiusa hopei Boisduval, 1833
Ophiusa hypoxantha (Hampson, 1918)
Ophiusa inangulata (Gaede, 1917)
Ophiusa indistincta Moore, 1882
Ophiusa kenricki Bethune-Baker 1906
Ophiusa legendrei Viette, 1966
Ophiusa mabillei (Viette, 1974)
Ophiusa mejanesi (Guenée, 1852)
Ophiusa melaconisia Hampson, 1905
Ophiusa microtirhaca Sugi, 1990
Ophiusa mimetica (Berio, 1954)
Ophiusa nocturnia Hampson, 1902
Ophiusa novenaria (Lucas, 1898)
Ophiusa obsolescens (Hampson, 1918)
Ophiusa olista Swinhoe, 1893
Ophiusa overlaeti (Berio, 1956)
Ophiusa parcemacula (Lucas, 1891)
Ophiusa pelor (Mabille, 1881)
Ophiusa pseudotirhaca (Berio, 1956)
Ophiusa punctiquadrata (Berio, 1974)
Ophiusa rectificata (Berio, 1941)
Ophiusa recurvata (Hampson, 1913)
Ophiusa reducta (Mabille, 1880)
Ophiusa rogata (Berio, 1954)
Ophiusa rufescens (Hampson, 1913)
Ophiusa salita Distant, 1898
Ophiusa samoensis (Tams, 1935)
Ophiusa selenaris (Guenée, 1852)
Ophiusa simplex Berio, 1978
Ophiusa subdiversa (L. B. Prout, 1919)
Ophiusa tettensis (Hopffer, 1858)
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, [1777])
Ophiusa tirhacoides Holloway, 2005
Ophiusa trapezium Guenée, 1852
Ophiusa triphaenoides Walker, 1858
Ophiusa tumidilinea Walker, 1858
Ophiusa tumiditermina Hampson, 1910
Ophiusa umbrilinea (Hampson, 1902)
Ophiusa verecunda (Holland, 1894)
Ophiusa violascens Hampson, 1902
Ophiusa violisparsa (L. B. Prout, 1919)
Ophiusa waterloti Viette, 1982
Ophiusa xylochroa (Druce, 1912)

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

Savela, Markku. "Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1816". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Ophiusa Ochsenheimer". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved January 21, 2019.