Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Erebinae > Ophiusini > Ophiusa
Ophiusa spp.
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- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- Similiar species
- References
Ophiusa spp.
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Ophiusa spp.: Cissus quadrangularis (Vitaceae), Citrus aurantium, Citrus limon (Rutaceae), Combretum indicum, Terminalia paniculata, Terminalia bellirica, Terminalia elliptica (Combretaceae), Psidium guajava, Eucalyptus umbra, Syzygium cumini (Myrtaceae), Cistus spp. (Cistaceae)?, Pistacia lentiscus (Anacardiaceae), Shorea robusta, Shorea roxburghii (Dipterocarpaceae) (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||||
| 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:
Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Erebinae > Ophiusini > Ophiusa
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Ophiusa spp. . 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/358507/Ophiusa-spp.
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