Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea
Erebidae
Erebinae
Ophiusa Ochsenhemier, 1816
Phalaena (Noctua) tirhaca Cramer, 1777: 116 pl. 172, fig. E (but included by Ochsenheimer as ‘tirrhaea Fabr.’, by subsequent designation by Duponchel, in Godart & Duponchel, 1829: 72, but cited as tirrhaea
= Ophiogenes Reichenbach, 1817: 288 (TS: Phalaena tirhaca Cramer, [1777]: 116). Ophiogenes is a junior objective
synonym of Ophiusa.
= Meropis Hübner, 1822: 20, 22 (TS: Noctua auricularis Hübner, [1803]: pl. 66)
= Hemachra Sodoffsky, 1837: 89 (TS: Phalaena tirhaca Cramer, [1777]: 116). Hemachra was proposed as an unneccessary replacement name for Ophiusa Ochsenheimer.
= Anua Walker, 1858: 1788 (TS: Anua amplior Walker, 1858: 1789)
= Stenopis Mabille, 1880: cvii (TS: Stenopis reducta Mabille, 1880: cvii)
= Trichanua Berio, 1954: 337 (TS: Anua mimetica Berio, 1954: 337)
= Subanua Berio, 1959: 316 (TS: Anua flavociliata Aurivillius, 1925: 1318)
= Peranua Berio, 1959: 316 (TS: Achaea conspicienda Walker, 1858: 1392)
= Perophiusa Berio, 1959: 316 (TS: Anua pseudotirhaca Berio, 1956: 24)
= Ophiussa; Hübner [1823] 1816: 266 (an incorrect subsequent spelling)
= Stenopsis; Hampson 1913: 451 (in key) (an incorrect subsequent spelling)
Ophiusa neotirhaca N. Singh & Joshi, 2025
Jharkhand: Dalma WLS, Pindrabera
=Ophiusa pseudotirhaca Singh & Ranjan, 2016: 324 (preocc. Ophiusa pseudotirhaca (Berio, 1956: 24)
A replacement name <i>Ophiusa neotirhaca</i> Singh & Joshi, nom. nov. is provided for <i>Ophiusa pseudotirhaca</i> Singh & Ranjan, 2016, a junior homonym of <i>Ophiusa pseudotirhaca</i> (Berio, 1956: 24). The species epithet refers to its resemblance with the <i>Ophiusa tirhaca</i>.
Distribution
Jharkhand
Deccan Peninsula
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