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Ophiusa disjungens (Walker, 1858)

Ophiusa disjungens

Ophiusa disjungens
Ophiusa disjungens
Ophiusa disjungens
Ophiusa disjungens
Ophiusa disjungens
Ophiusa disjungens
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
All states
Similiar species:
Ophiusa discriminans (Walker, 1858). 
Diagnosis (vide Moths of Borneo). This (disjungens) and the next species (discriminans) have similar, rather narrow, pale, biscuit-coloured lightly marked forewings and yellow hindwings with a black submarginal patch. In disjungens the postmedial is darker, punctate, as distinct from a slightly paler but obscure and irregular fascia. Both species have grey patches distal to the submarginal: the apical one is strongest in disjungens; in discriminans Walker there is a prominent grey ellipse at the tornus. In discriminans the abdomen has a distinctive subapical black patch dorsally.

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 trapezium (Guenée, 1852). India; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Ophiusa triphaenoides (Walker, 1858). India; Nepal; Sri Lanka. 
Ophiusa tumidilinea Walker, 1858. N. India.
References:
  1. Ophiodes disjungens Walker, 1858. List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 14: 1360. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1315brit/page/1360/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Anua tongaensis Hampson, 1913. Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 12: 434, pl. 214, f. 11; TL: Friendly Is., Tongatabu. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid121913brit/page/434/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid1213brit/page/n102/mode/2up?view=theater
  3. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 261 pp. + 45 pls. 
  4. Sondhi, Y., S. Sondhi, S. R. Pathour, & K. Kunte. 2018. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India, with notes on new records. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 28(2).Image 114. 
  5. http://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Ophiusa_Disjungens_En
  6. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/calp/disjungens.html
  7. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/ophiusini/ophiusini_3_2.php

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Anonymous. 2022. Ophiusa disjungens (Walker, 1858). 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/358046/Ophiusa-disjungens
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