Ophiusa tettensis (Hopffer, 1857)

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FAMILY Erebidae
SUBFAMILY Erebinae
GENUS Ophiusa
SPECIES tettensis
AUTHOR(Hopffer, 1857)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONOphiodes tettensis Hpfr.
TYPE LOCALITYMozambique, Tette, leg. Peters.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♀, MfN.
STATUS Synonym of species
SYNONYM OFmejanesi
COMMENTSee 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).
PUBLICATION Hopffer H. C. 1857. Diagnosen der von Peters aus Mossambique mitgebrachten Lepidoptera. - Monatsberichte der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1857:421-423.
PAGINATION 422 Bhl

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