Ophiusa salita Distant, 1898
FAMILY | Erebidae |
SUBFAMILY | Erebinae |
GENUS | Ophiusa |
SPECIES | salita |
AUTHOR | Distant, 1898 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Ophiusa salita, sp. n. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Gauteng], Transvaal, Pretoria, leg. W. L. Distant; Johannesburg, leg. J. P. Cregoe. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: -25°44'44" Longitude: 28°11'18" |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Syntypes 3♂, 1♀, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Distant W. L. 1898b. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 1(3):218-231. |
PAGINATION |
228-229
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Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | RMCA | ||
South Africa | Gauteng | Distant W. L. 1898b. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 1(3):218-231. | 229 |
South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | TMSA | |
South Africa | Mpumalanga | TMSA | |
Zimbabwe | TMSA |
Host Plants
Unknown