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Ophiusa tettensis (Hopffer, 1857)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Erebinae (subfamily)/  Ophiusini (tribe)/  Ophiusa (genus)/  Trichanua (subgenus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Ophiusa mejanesi
Authorship:(Hopffer, 1857)
Citation:Ophiodes tettensis Hpfr.
Original genus:Ophiodes
Publication:Hopffer H. C. 1857. Diagnosen der von Peters aus Mossambique mitgebrachten Lepidoptera.
Journal:Monatsberichte der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin
Volume:1857
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Pagination:422
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11071446
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Ophiusa tettensis (1)
Taxonomic note:

See also Hopffer (1862: 436–437; pl. 28, fig. 12). A junior subjective synonym of Ophiodes mejanesi Guenée, 1852; synonymized by A. Legrain (i.l. 14.xi.2014). Had been synonymized with Ophiodes wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856, by Wallengren (1925: 1318).

Hopffer H. C. 1862. Lepidoptera. Schmetterlinge. – In: Peters, W. C. H., Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 aufgeführt.
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Ophiusa tettensis (Hopffer, 1857) Holotype ♀ MfN Holotype ♀, MfN. Mozambique Mozambique, Tette, leg. Peters.
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