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 tirhaca Cramer, 1777 (Phalaena)
Cape of Good Hope [South Africa]
= Noctua tirrhaea Fabricius, 1781: 213
= Noctua olivacea de Villers, 1789: 65
= Phalaea (Noctua) vesta Esper, 1789: pl. 141
= Noctua auricularis Hübner, [1803]: pl. 66 (TL: Europe)
= Ophiodes hottentota Guenée, in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852: 229 (TL: Pays des Hottentots)
= Ophiodes separans Walker, 1858: 1357 (TL: North Hindustan)
= Anua clementi Swinhoe, 1918: 76 (TL: Australia)
= Anua tirhaca f. whitei Wiltshire, 1977: 160 (TL: Oman)
Distribution
Bombay, Pune
Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
Deccan Peninsula, Gangetic Plain, Indian Himalaya, North East