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Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, [1777]) – Green Drab
Common English Name: Green Drab
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Ophiusa tirhaca – Green Drab
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, [1777]) – Green Drab: Pistacia lentiscus, Rhus coriaria (Anacardiaceae), Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae),Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae), Terminalia bellirica, Terminalia tomentosa (Combretaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | ||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | ||||||||||||
| Manipur | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||||
| Telangana | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1816 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Ophiusa alticola (Hampson, 1913). Himachal Pradesh.
Ophiusa disjungens (Walker, 1858). India; Sri Lanka.
Ophiusa discriminans (Walker, 1858). India; Sri Lanka.
Ophiusa indistincta (Moore, 1882). Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Ophiusa olista (Swinhoe, 1893). Indian Himalayas; Nepal.
Ophiusa mejanesi (Guenée, 1852). India.
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, [1777]). India; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, [1777]). India; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Ophiusa trapezium (Guenée, 1852). India; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Ophiusa triphaenoides (Walker, 1858). India; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Ophiusa tumidilinea Walker, 1858. N. India.
References:
- OD: Phalaena tirhaca Cramer, [1777]. Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 116, pl. 172, f. E; TL: Cape of Good Hope.
- Goff, R. African Moths. Website accessed 25 August 2015. http://www.africanmoths.com/pages/EREBIDAE/EREBINAE/ophiusa%20tirhaca.htm
- Hampson, G. 1894. Moths 2. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs, # 2516, pg 503 as Ophiusa tirrhaca
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 45/12.
- Gurule, S & S. M. Nikam. 2013. The moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of northern Maharashtra: a preliminary checklist. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(12): 4693–4713; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2555.4693-713.Image [accessed 25 August 2021]. Image 135.
- Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K.2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp. Image 127.7.
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Cite this page along with its URL as:
Mudassar. 2022. Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, [1777]) – Green Drab. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355158/Ophiusa-tirhaca
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