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 trapezium Guenée, 1852 (Ophiodes)
Silhet
= Ophisma circumferens Walker, 1865: 956 (TL: Ceylon)
= Ophisma cognata Walker, 1865: 958 (TL: Mysol)
= Ophiodes adusta Moore, 1882: 169 (TL: Cherra Punji)
= Minucia prunicolor Moore, [1885] 1884–1887: 160 (TL: Ceylon)
= Ophiusa kebea Bethune-Baker, 1906: 255 (TL: British New Guinea, Kebea Range)
Distribution
Assam, Jharkhand, Kerala
Deccan Peninsula, North East, Western Ghats