Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Noctuoidea Erebidae Erebinae

• Ophiusa alorensis (Gaede, 1938) Alor

  • Anua alorensis Gaede, 1938; 472, pl. 56 b; TL: Alor

  • Anua alorensis; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa alorensis; [POOLE]; [CoL]
• Ophiusa alticola (Hampson, 1913) India (Himachal Pradesh). See [maps]

  • Anua alticola Hampson, 1913; 440, pl. 214, f. 7; TL: Kulu, Sultanpur

  • Anua alticola; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa alticola; [POOLE]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa anomala (Berio, 1955) Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Anua anomala Berio, 1955; Mém. Inst. scient. Madagascar (E) 6: 131; TL: Madagascar, Bekily

  • Anua anomala; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa anomala; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa arfaki Bethune-Baker, 1910 New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Ophiusa arfaki Bethune-Baker, 1910; 445; TL: Dutch New Guinea, Arka Mtns
  • Anua arfaci Hampson, 1913; 434 (emend. Ophiusa arfaki Bethune-Baker, 1910)
    • = ; [POOLE]

  • Ophiusa arfaki; [POOLE]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa cancellata (Saalmüller, 1891) Mali, Gambia, Zaire, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, S.Africa, Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Toxocampa cancellata Saalmüller, 1891; Lepid. Madagascar (2): 414, f. 103; TL: Nossi-Be
  • Ophiusa melaconisia Hampson, 1905; Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 3 (9): 431; TL: Mashonaland, Salisbury

  • Ophiusa (Trichanua) cancellata; [CoL]
  • Ophiusa cancellata; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist] ; [AFM]
  • Ophiusa melaconisia; [POOLE]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [AFM]
  • Trichanua cancellata; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 251
• Ophiusa costiplaga (Hulstaert, 1924) Kei I., New Guinea, N.Australia. See [maps]

  • Anua costiplaga Hulstaert, 1924; Kei I.

  • Anua costiplaga; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa costiplaga; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [MOB15&16], 48 (note); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa dargei (Laporte, 1977) Kenya. See [maps]

  • Stenopis dargei Laporte, 1977; Mém. natn. hist. nat. Paris (A) 105 (1): 66, pl. 8, f. 79; TL: Kenya, Nanyuki
  • Ophiusa simplex Berio, 1979; Boll. Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Verona 5: 488; TL: Kenya, Njoro

  • Ophiusa dargei; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Ophiusa simplex; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Ophiusa dianaris (Guenée, 1852) Arabia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, S.Africa, Namibia. See [maps]

  • Ophiodes dianaris Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 7 (Noct. 3): 232; TL: Abyssinie
  • Clytie rungsi Laporte, 1975; Bull. mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon 44 (8): 286, f. 11; TL: Ethiopia, Arba-Minch
  • Anua dianaris ab. satanas Berio, 1941; Ann. Mus. nat. Giacomo Doria 61: 188; TL: Eritrea, Dorfù

  • Clytie (Clytie) rungsi; Hacker, 2001, Esperiana 8 (Appendix): 337
  • Clytie rungsi; [POOLE]; [NE10], 57; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa (Trichanua) dianaris; [CoL]
  • Ophiusa dianaris; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa dilecta Walker, 1865 Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Zaire, S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Ophiusa dilecta Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 967; TL: Sierra Leone

  • Anua dilecta; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 253
  • Ophiusa dilecta; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa discriminans (Walker, 1858) Oriental Tropics, Sri Lanka, Celebes, ...New Guinea, N.Australia, New Caledonia. See [maps]

  • Ophiodes discriminans Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1358; TL: Ceylon
  • Pseudophila pygospila Snellen, 1880; Tijdschr. Ent. 23 (2): 98, pl. 8, f. 1; TL: Celebes, Makassa
    • = ; [AUCL]; [MOB15&16], 49
  • Ophiusa sublutea Bethune-Baker, 1906; 259; TL: British New Guinea, Ekeikei
    • = ; [AUCL]
  • Anua intacta Hampson, 1913; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 12: 437, pl. 214, f. 5; TL: N.Australia, Port Darwin
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [MOB15&16], 49
  • keyensis (Strand, 1913) (Anua)
    • = ; [AUCL]
  • Anua keyensis Gaede, 1938
    • = ; [AUCL]

  • Anua intacta; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa discriminans intacta; Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 466, pl. 81, f. 1
  • Ophiusa discriminans; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [MOB15&16], 49; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MOB] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
  • Ophiusa pygospila; [POOLE]
  • Ophiusa sublutea; [POOLE]; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Melaleuca [MOB15&16]: 50

• Ophiusa disjungens (Walker, 1858) -. See [maps]

  • Othiodes[sic] disjungens Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1360; TL: Moreton Bay
  • Anua disjungens ab. timorensis Strand, 1913; Archiv Naturg. 79 A (7): 171
    • = ; [AUCL]; [MOB15&16], 49
  • Anua timorensis Gaede, 1938
    • = ; [AUCL]

  • Ophiusa disjungens; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [NE10], 54; [MOB15&16], 49; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MOB] ; [BAMONA] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

  Larva on Psidium , Eucalyptus , Styphelia [MOB15&16]: 49

  • O. d. disjungens Lesser Sundas, New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia, Loyalty Is., ...

    • Ophiusa disjungens disjungens; Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 465
  • O. d. indiscriminata (Hampson, 1893) Oriental Tropics, Sri Lanka

    • Minucia indiscriminata Hampson, 1893; Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 9: 26, 111, pl. 176, f. 23; TL: Ceylon, Pundaloya
      • = Ophiusa disjungens; [POOLE]; [MOB15&16], 49

    • Ophiusa disjungens indiscriminata; Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 465 (note); [NE10], 54; [iNaturalist]
  • O. d. tongaensis (Hampson, 1913) New Hebrides, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga

    • Anua tongaensis Hampson, 1913; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 12: 434, pl. 214, f. 11; TL: Friendly Is., Tongatabu
      • = Ophiusa disjungens; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [MOB15&16], 49

    • Anua tongaensis; [LepIndex]
    • Ophiusa disjungens tongaensis; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa fijiensis (Robinson, 1969) Fiji

  • Anua fijiensis Robinson, 1969; 193; TL: Fiji, Nandarivatu

  • Anua fijiensis; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa fijiensis; [POOLE]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa finifascia (Walker, 1858) Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Zaire, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, S.Africa, Comoros. See [maps]

  • Nephelodes finifascia Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 15: 1676; TL: Port Natal
  • Anua amplior Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 15: 1789; TL: Port Natal
    • = Anua finifascia; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 253
    • = ; [POOLE]
  • Pseudophia lilaceofasciata Pagenstecher, 1907; in Voeltzkow, Reise Ostafrika 2 (3): 115, pl. 6, f. 21; TL: Comoro Is.
    • = Anua finifascia; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 253
    • = ; [POOLE]

  • Anua finifascia; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 253; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa finifascia; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [AFM]
• Ophiusa grandidieri (Viette, 1966) Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Anua grandidieri Viette, 1966; Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 71 (5-6): 141; TL: Madagascar, Sambirano, Nosy Be, Lokobe Forest

  • Anua grandidieri; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa grandidieri; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa hopei Boisduval, 1833 Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Ophiusa hopei Boisduval, 1833; Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid.: 101, pl. 15, f. 3; TL: Madagascar

  • Ophiusa hopei; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa indistincta (Moore, 1882) India (Meghalaya). See [maps]

  • Ophiodes indistincta Moore, 1882; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (2): 169, (3): pl. 6, f. 12; TL: Khasia Hills

  • Ophiusa indistincta; [POOLE]; [NE10], 54; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa kenricki Bethune-Baker, 1906 New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Ophiusa kenricki Bethune-Baker, 1906; British New Guinea, Mafalu
  • Anua cenricci Hampson, 1913; 433 (emend. Ophiusa kenricki Bethune-Baker, 1906)
    • = ; [POOLE]

  • Ophiusa kenricki; [POOLE]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa legendrei Viette, 1966 Mozambieque, Europa Island, Comoros, Madagascar, Reunion, Seychelles. See [maps]

  • Ophiusa legendrei Viette, 1966; Mém. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris (A) 41: 200, f. 3; TL: Europa I., Mosambique Channel

  • Ophiusa legendrei; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [AFM]
• Ophiusa maraisi (Hacker, 2004) Namibia. See [maps]

  • Trichanua maraisi Hacker, 2004; Esperiana Memoir 1: 270, pl. 14, f. 3; TL: Namibia, Brandberg, Mason Shelter, 1740m

  • Ophiusa (Trichanua) maraisi; [CoL]
  • Ophiusa maraisi; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa mejanesi (Guenée, 1852) Mauritania, Senegal, Gabon, Zaire, Sudan, S.Arabia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, S.Africa, Namibia. See [maps]

  • Ophiodes mejanesi Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 7 (Noct. 3): 232; TL: Senegal
  • Ophiodes tettensis Hopffer, 1857; Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1857: 422; TL: Mozambique
  • Ophisma expedita Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1375; TL: Congo
    • = Ophiusa tettensis; [POOLE]
  • Anua tettensis ab. rubicunda Strand, 1913; Archiv Naturg. 79 A (7): 171
  • Anua mejanesi ab. purpurascens Strand, 1913; Archiv Naturg. 79 A (7): 171

  • Ophiusa (Trichanua) mejanesi; [CoL]
  • Ophiusa mejanesi; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [AFM]
  • Ophiusa tettensis; [POOLE]; [CoL]
  • Trichanua mejanesi; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 251
• Ophiusa microtirhaca Sugi, 1990

  • Ophiusa microtirhaca; [NE10], 54; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa mimetica (Berio, 1954) Zaire, Somalia. See [maps]

  • Anua (Trichanua) mimetica Berio, 1954; Ann. Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Giacomo Doria 66: 337; TL: Sankuru, Dimbelenge

  • Anua mimetica; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa (Trichanua) mimetica; [CoL]
  • Ophiusa mimetica; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Trichanua mimetica; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 250
• Ophiusa novenaria (Lucas, 1898) Queensland. See [maps]

  • Thyas novenaria Lucas, 1898; Proc. R. Soc. Qd 13: 73; TL: Cooktown

  • Ophiusa novenaria; [AUCL]; [CoL]
  • Thyas novenaria; [POOLE]
• Ophiusa obsolescens (Hampson, 1918) Zaire, Zambia. See [maps]

  • Anua obsolescens Hampson, 1918; Novit. zool. 25 (1): 205; TL: NE.Rhodesia, nr L. Bangweolo, Chambezi Valley

  • Anua obsolescens; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa obsolescens; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa olista (Swinhoe, 1893) India (Himachal Pradesh), ..., Chongqing. See [maps]

  • Minucia olista Swinhoe, 1893; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 12 (70): 261; TL: Nanchuan, China
  • Ophiodes fervida Butler, 1883; 164; TL: India, Solun
    • = Ophiusa indistincta; [POOLE]
    • = ; [NE10], 54

  • Ophiusa olista; [POOLE]; Haruta, 1993, Tinea 13 (Suppl. 3): 58, pl. 47, f. 7; Haruta, 1994, Tinea 14 (Suppl. 1): 140; [NE10], 54; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa parcemacula (Lucas, 1891) Queensland, New Guinea, New Caldonia. See [maps]

  • Ophiodes parcemacula Lucas, 1891; 304; TL: Brisbane; Dawson River
  • Ophiodes parcimacula Turner, 1902; (emend. Ophiodes parcemacula Lucas, 1891)
    • = ; [AUCL]
  • sherlockiensis (Strand, 1913) (Anua)
    • = ; [AUCL]
  • Anua sherlockiensis Gaede, 1938
    • = ; [AUCL]

  • Ophiusa parcemacula; Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 469, pl. 82; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
  • paremacula[sic, parcemacula]; Strand, 1913

  Larva on Melaleuca quinquenervia Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 469

• Ophiusa pelor (Mabille, 1881) Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Ophiodes pelor Mabille, 1881; Bull. Soc. ent. Belg. 25: lvii; TL: Madagascar, Foulepoint region

  • Ophiusa pelor; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa pseudotirhaca (Berio, 1956) Gabon, Zaire, Zimbabwe. See [maps]

  • Anua pseudotirhaca Berio, 1956; Mem. Soc. ent. Ital. 35: 24; TL: Belgian Congo, Lusambo

  • Ophiusa pseudotirhaca; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [AFM]
  • Perophiusa pseudotirhaca; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 264; [LepIndex]
• Ophiusa punctiquadrata (Berio, 1974) Tanzania. See [maps]

  • Trichanua punctiquadrata Berio, 1974; Bol. Soc. ent. ital. 106 (3-4): 59; TL: Ikonda

  • Ophiusa punctiquadrata; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa rectificata (Berio, 1941) Eritrea. See [maps]

  • Anua rectificata Berio, 1941; Ann. Mus. nat. Giacomo Doria 61: 188; TL: Eritrea, Dorfu

  • Anua rectificata; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa rectificata; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa recurvata (Hampson, 1913) Ghana. See [maps]

  • Anua recurvata Hampson, 1913; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 12: 446, pl. 215, f. 8; TL: Gold Coast

  • Anua recurvata; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa recurvata; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [AFM]
• Ophiusa rogata (Berio, 1954) Zaire. See [maps]

  • Anua rogata Berio, 1954; Ann. Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Giacomo Doria 66: 336; TL: Leopoldville
    • = Anua dilecta; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 253

  • Anua rogata; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa rogata; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa salita Distant, 1898 Zaire, Zimbabwe, S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Ophiusa salita Distant, 1898; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 1 (3): 228; TL: Transvaal, Pretoria; Johannesburg

  • Ophiusa salita; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa samoensis (Tams, 1935) Samoa

  • Anua samoensis Tams, 1935; 215; TL: Samoa, Upolu, Malolelei

  • Anua samoensis; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa samoensis; [POOLE]; [CoL]
• Ophiusa selenaris (Guenée, 1852) Zimbabwe, Swaziland, S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Ophieodes selenaris Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 7 (Noct. 3): 232; TL: Cape of Good Hope
  • Ophiusa ? obhaerens Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 15: 1830; TL: South Africa
    • = ; [POOLE]
  • Pseudophia welwitschi Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (4): pl. 115, f. 2; TL: Knysna
    • = ; [POOLE]
  • Anya selenaris ab. feminicolorata Strand, 1913; Archiv Naturg. 79 A (7): 171; TL: Cape Colony, Transkei
  • Anya selenaris ab. selenaria Strand, 1913; Archiv Naturg. 79 A (7): 171; TL: Transvaal, White River

  • Ophiusa selenaris; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [AFM]
• Ophiusa stassarti (Hacker & Legrain, 2002) Arabia. See [maps]

  • Subanua stassarti Hacker & Legrain, 2002; Esperiana 9: 191, pl. 6, f. 1; TL: Saudi Arabia SW, near Abha, Escarpment, 1900m

  • Ophiusa stassarti; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, [1777]) Portugal, Spain, S.France, Italy, Mallorca, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, Africa, SE.Europe - S.Asia, China, Australia. See [maps]

  • Phalaena (Noctua) tirhaca Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 116, pl. 172, f. E; TL: Cape of Good Hope
  • Noctua tirrhaea Fabricius, 1781; Spec. Ins. 2: 213 (emend. Phalaena tirhaca Cramer, [1777])
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [RFEL]
  • Phalaea (Noctua) vesta Esper, 1789; Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 1 (39): pl. 141, f. 1
    • = ; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 262; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [RFEL]
  • Noctua olivacea de Villers, 1789
    • = ; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 262; [RFEL]
  • Noctua auricularis Hübner, [1803]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [4]: pl. 66, f. 321; TL: Europe
    • = ; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 262; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [RFEL]
  • Ophiodes hottentota Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 7 (Noct. 3): 229; TL: Pays des Hottentots
    • = ; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 262; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [RFEL]
  • Ophiodes separans Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1357; TL: North Hindustan
    • = ; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 262; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [RFEL]
  • ab. absens (Warren, 1913) (Anua)
    • = ; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 262; [AUCL]
  • ab. pura (Warren, 1913) (Anua)
    • = ; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 262; [AUCL]
  • ab. jaderensis Stauder, 1913; 162, pl. 2, f. 9
    • = ; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 262
  • Anua clementi Swinhoe, 1918; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 2 (7): 76; TL: Australia, Sherlock River, Roebourne
    • = ; [AUCL]
  • Anua tirhaca f. whitei Wiltshire, 1977; J. Oman Studies (Special Rep.): 160; TL: Oman, Quyid

  • Anua clementi; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa clementi; [POOLE]
  • Ophiusa tirhaca; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 262; Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 469; [POOLE]; Haruta, 1993, Tinea 13 (Suppl. 3): 57, pl. 45, f. 12; Yoshimoto, 1995, Tinea 14 (suppl. 2): 68; Hacker, 2001, Esperiana 8: 44; [NE10]: 54, pl. 1, f. 52-57, gen. 11, 109; Zahiri, Holloway, Kitching, Lafontaine, Mutanen & Wahlberg, 2012, Syst. Ent. 37 (1): 109; Zahiri, Lafontaine, Holloway, Kitching, Schmidt, Kaila & Wahlberg, 2013, Cladistics 29: 342; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [AFM] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

  1400x784 (~190Kb) Sardinia: Sinis Peninsula, Is Arutas, 20m, 10.5.1988, Siegel leg. Photo © Christian Siegel

  Larva on Combretum , Eucalyptus [POOLE], Pistacia lentiscus, P. terebinthus, Cistus spp., Rhus cotinus, R. coriaria, Daphne , Erica , Viburnum , Osyris [NE10]: 55, Ericaceae , Cistaceae , Dipterocarpaceae , Thymelaeaceae , Rosaceae , Myrtaceae , Combretaceae , Lythraceae , Rutaceae , Anacardiaceae , Geraniaceae [RFEL]

  • O. t. obscura Pinker, 1979 Canary Is.

    • Ophiusa tirhaca obscura Pinker, 1979; Zeit. Arbeit. Öst. Ent. 30 (3/4): 86 (preocc. Ophiusa obscura Bremer & Grey, 1853); TL: Hermigua
      • = Ophiusa tirhaca; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [RFEL]

    • Ophiusa tirhaca obscura; [NE10], 54; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
• Ophiusa tirhacoides Holloway, 2005 Borneo. See [maps]

  • Ophiusa tirhacoides Holloway, 2005; Malayan Nature J. 58 (1-4): 48; TL: Brunei, 3m, Anduki

  • Ophiusa tirhacoides; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [MOB]

  Larva on Casuarina Holloway, 2005, Malayan Nature J. 58 (1-4): 49

• Ophiusa trapezium (Guenée, 1852) Oriental Tropics - Queensland, Sri Lanka, Mysol, New Guinea, Bismarcs, New Caledonia. See [maps]

  • Ophiodes trapezium Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 7 (Noct. 3): 231; TL: Silhet
  • Ophisma circumferens Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 956; TL: Ceylon
    • = ; Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 470; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [NE10], 54; [MOB15&16], 50
  • Ophisma cognata Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 958; TL: Mysol
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [NE10], 54; [MOB15&16], 50
  • Ophiodes adusta Moore, 1882; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (2): 169, (3): pl. 6, f. 11; TL: Cherra Punji
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [NE10], 54; [MOB15&16], 50
  • Minucia prunicolor Moore, [1885]; 160, pl. 167, f. 3; TL: Ceylon
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [NE10], 54; [MOB15&16], 50
  • Ophiusa kebea Bethune-Baker, 1906; 255; TL: British New Guinea, Kebea Range
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [MOB15&16], 50

  • Ophiusa trapezium; Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 470, pl. 81, f. 3; [POOLE]; Haruta, 1993, Tinea 13 (Suppl. 3): 58, pl. 45, f. 9; Haruta, 1994, Tinea 14 (Suppl. 1): 140; [AUCL]; [NE10], 54; [MOB15&16], 50; Homziak, Breinholt, Barnham, Storer & Kawahara, 2019, Mol. Phyl. Evol 131: 102; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MOB]
• Ophiusa triphaenoides (Walker, 1858) Indian Subregion, S.China, Burma, Thailand, Taiwan, Sumatra, Borneo. See [maps]

  • Ophiodes triphaenoides Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1358; TL: Punjab
  • Ophiodes cuprea Moore, 1867; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1867: 74; TL: Bengal
    • = ; [POOLE]; [NE10], 54; [MOB15&16], 51

  • Ophiusa triphaenoides; [POOLE]; Haruta, 1993, Tinea 13 (Suppl. 3): 58, pl. 45, f. 6; Haruta, 1994, Tinea 14 (Suppl. 1): 140; Yoshimoto, 1995, Tinea 14 (suppl. 2): 68; [NE10], 54; [MOB15&16], 51; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [MOB]

  Larva on Terminalia , Shorea , Syzygium , Pinus [MOB15&16]: 51

• Ophiusa tumidilinea Walker, 1858 N.India. See [maps]

  • Ophiusa tumidilinea Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1433; TL: North Hindostan

  • Ophiusa tumidilinea; [POOLE]; [NE10], 54; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa umbrilinea (Hampson, 1902) Namibia, S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Ophius[sic] umbrilinea Hampson, 1902; Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 2 (10): 342; TL: Damarland

  • Ophiusa umbrilinea; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa verecunda (Holland, 1894) Ivory Coast, Gabon, Zaire. See [maps]

  • Minucia verecunda Holland, 1894; Ent. News 5 (2): 58, pl. 2, f. 1; TL: Ogove River
  • ab. verecundoides Strand
    • = Anua verecunda; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 254

  • Anua verecunda; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 254; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa verecunda; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa verecundoides (Strand, 1918) Zaire, Burundi. See [maps]

  • Minucia verecundoides Strand, 1918; Zs. Öst. EntVer. 3 (Fortsetzung): 98; TL: Belgian Congo, Kelemba-Mosambi

  • Minucia verecundoides; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
  • Ophiusa verecundoides; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa violascens Hampson, 1902 Zimbabwe, S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Ophiusa violascens Hampson, 1902; Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 2 (10): 446; TL: Natal, Durban

  • Ophiusa violascens; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa waterloti Viette, 1982 Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Ophiusa waterloti Viette, 1982; Lambillionea 82 (3-4): 22, f. 2; TL: Madagascar, E of Ambatolampy, E of Belanitra, Andrenotobaka

  • Ophiusa waterloti; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

• Ophiusa cameronis (Plötz, 1880) Cameroon. See [maps]

  • Ophiodes cameronis Plötz, 1880; Stettin ent. Ztg 41 (7-9): 299; TL: Victoria
    • = Ophiusa tettensis; [POOLE]
• Ophiusa conspicienda (Walker, 1858) Sierra Leone, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Zaire, Uganda. See [maps]

  • Achaea conspicienda Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1392; TL: West Africa
  • Minucia producta Holland, 1894; Psyche 7: 70, pl. 3, f. 2; TL: Benita
    • = ; [POOLE]
    • = Stenopis conspicienda; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 256
  • Anua conspicienda ab. conspiciens Strand, 1913; Archiv Naturg. 79 A (7): 171; TL: S.Nigiera, Old Calabar
  • Anua producta rubrescens Prout, 1919; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 3 (14): 175; TL: Uganda, Entebbe
    • = ; [POOLE]

  • Ophiusa conspicienda; [POOLE]; [CoL] ; [AFM]
  • Ophiusa producta; [CoL]
  • Stenopis conspicienda; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 256; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa david (Holland, 1894) Gabon, Nigeria, Cameroon, Zaire, Zambia. See [maps]

  • Minucia david Holland, 1894; Psyche 7: 70, pl. 2, f. 20; TL: Ogove River
  • Anua david ab. camptogramma Prout, 1919; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 3 (14): 175; TL: Bitje, Ja River, 2000ft
  • Anua david ab. viridipicta Strand, 1913; Archiv Naturg. 79 A (7): 172; TL: Nigeria S, Ilesha

  • Ophiusa david; [POOLE]; [CoL] ; [AFM]
• Ophiusa davidioides (Strand, 1918) Zaire. See [maps]

  • Anua davidioides Strand, 1918; Zs. Öst. EntVer. 3 (Fortsetzung): 90; TL: Belgian Congo, 345 km from Kindu

  • Ophiusa davidioides; [POOLE]
• Ophiusa despecta (Holland, 1894) Gabon, Nigeria, Zaire. See [maps]

  • Minucia despecta Holland, 1894; Psyche 7: 70, pl. 3, f. 1; TL: Ogove River

  • Ophiusa despecta; [POOLE]; [CoL]
  • Stenopis despecta; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 258; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa flavociliata (Aurivillius, 1925) S.Cameroon, Zaire. See [maps]

  • Anua flavociliata Aurivillius, 1925; Zweiten Dt. Zentral-Afrika-Exped. (Zool.) 1 (Lep 4): 1318, f. 77; TL: S.Cameroon, Nemayong

  • Ophiusa flavociliata; [POOLE]; [CoL]
  • Subanua flavociliata; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 260; [LepIndex]
• Ophiusa gonoptera Hampson, 1910 Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia. See [maps]

  • Ophiusa gonoptera Hampson, 1910; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (2): 419, pl. 37, f. 13; TL: NE.Rhodesia, Luangwa R.
  • Anua gonoptera var. extincta Gaede, 1917; Stettin ent. Ztg 78 (1): 197; TL: German E. Africa, Mkatta
    • = ; [POOLE]

  • Ophiusa gonoptera; [POOLE]; [CoL]
• Ophiusa hypoxantha (Hampson, 1918) Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique. See [maps]

  • Anua hypoxantha Hampson, 1918; Novit. zool. 25 (1): 206; TL: Br. C. Africa, Mt Mlanje

  • Anua hypoxantha; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa hypoxantha; [POOLE]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [AFM]
• Ophiusa inangulata (Gaede, 1917) Zaire, Tanzania. See [maps]

  • Anua inangulata Gaede, 1917; Stettin ent. Ztg 78 (1): 196; TL: German E. Africa, Usambara

  • Anua inangulata; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa inangulata; [POOLE]; [CoL]
• Ophiusa mabillei (Viette, 1974) Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Stenopsis mabillei Viette, 1974; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 79 (7-8): 212; TL: Madagascar, Ambre Mnts, les Roussettes

  • Ophiusa mabillei; [POOLE]; [CoL]
• Ophiusa maculata (Wallengren, 1856) S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Ophiodes maculata Wallengren, 1856; Anteckn. Zool. 1: 70; TL: Kaffern

  • Minucia maculata; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Ophiusa maculata; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa overlaeti (Berio, 1956) Zaire. See [maps]

  • Anua overlaeti Berio, 1956; Mem. Soc. ent. Ital. 35: 24; TL: Belgian Congo, Lulua, Kapanga

  • Anua overlaeti; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa overlaeti; [POOLE]; [CoL]
  • Stenopis overlaeti; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 259; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa reducta (Mabille, 1880) Malawi, Mozambique, Comoros, Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Stenopis reducta Mabille, 1880; Bull. Soc. ent. Belg. 23: cvii; TL: Madagascar
  • Anua reducta ab. feminis Strand, 1913; Archiv Naturg. 79 A (7): 172; TL: Nyasaland, Mt Mlanja
  • Anua reducta ab. pallidula Strand, 1913; Archiv Naturg. 79 A (7): 172; TL: Portuguese East Africa, Kola Valley

  • Ophiusa reducta; [POOLE]; [CoL] ; [AFM]
  • Stenopis reducta; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa rufescens (Hampson, 1913) Sierra Leone. See [maps]

  • Anua rufescens Hampson, 1913; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 13: 331, pl. 222, f. 11; TL: Sierra Leone, Kondita

  • Anua rufescens; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa rufescens; [POOLE]; [CoL]
• Ophiusa subdiversa (Prout, 1919) Gambia, Ghana, Zaire, S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Anua subdiversa Prout, 1919; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 3 (14): 173; TL: Gambia

  • Anua subdiversa; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa subdiversa; [POOLE]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Stenopis subdiversa; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 257; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa tumiditermina Hampson, 1910 Cameroon, Zaire, S.Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe. See [maps]

  • Ophiusa tumiditermina Hampson, 1910; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (2): 419, pl. 37, f. 22; TL: NE.Rhodesia, Tanganyika plateau
  • Anua fumida Hampson, 1913; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 12: 452, pl. 215, f. 14; TL: Natal, Durban
    • = ; [POOLE]
    • = Stenopis tumiditermina; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 258
  • Anua hampsoni Holland, 1920; Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 43 (6): 280
    • = ; [POOLE]
    • = Stenopis tumiditermina; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 258

  • Anua fumida; [LepIndex]
  • Anua hampsoni; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa fumida; [CoL]
  • Ophiusa hampsoni; [CoL]
  • Ophiusa tumiditermina; [POOLE]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [AFM]
  • Stenopis tumiditermina; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 258; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa violisparsa (Prout, 1919) Cameroon, Zaire, Uganda, S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Anua violisparsa Prout, 1919; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 3 (14): 175; TL: Cameroon, Ja River, Bitje

  • Anua violisparsa; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa violisparsa; [POOLE]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Stenopis violisparsa; Berio, 1965, Ann. Mus. Nat. Giacomo Doria 75: 259; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
• Ophiusa xylochroa (Druce, 1912) Congo. See [maps]

  • Anua xylochroa Druce, 1912; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 9 (53): 552; TL: Congo, Upper Kasai District

  • Anua xylochroa; [LepIndex]
  • Ophiusa xylochroa; [POOLE]; [CoL]

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