| Higher taxa: | Erebidae (family)/ Erebinae (subfamily)/ Ophiusini (tribe)/ Hemachra (genus)/ |
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Ophiusa |
| Authorship: | Sodoffsky, 1837 |
| Citation: | Hemachra |
| Taxon remarks: | 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. |
| Publication: | Sodoffsky W. 1837. Etymologische Untersuchungen ueber die Gattungsnamen der Schmetterlinge. |
| Journal: | Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Pagination: | 89 |
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41313933 |