Hemachra Sodoffsky, 1837
| FAMILY | Erebidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Erebinae |
| AUTHOR | Sodoffsky, 1837 |
| STATUS | Synonym of genus |
| SYNONYM | Ophiusa |
| PUBLICATION | Sodoffsky W. 1837. Etymologische Untersuchungen ueber die Gattungsnamen der Schmetterlinge. - Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 10(6):76-97. |
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| COMMENTS | Type species: Phalaena tirhaca Cramer, 1777. Uitlandsche Kapellen 2: 116; pl. 172, fig. E. By subsequent designation by Duponchel, 1829. Histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères ou Papillons de France 7(2): 72. An unecessary objective replacement name for Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1816. Included by Poole (1989) as a junior synonym of Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1816. |
