Ophiusa selenaris (Guenée, 1852)

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FAMILY Erebidae
SUBFAMILY Erebinae
GENUS Ophiusa
SPECIES selenaris
AUTHOR(Guenée, 1852)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONOphiodes Selenaris Gn.
TYPE LOCALITY[South Africa, Western Cape], Cap de Bonne-Espérence.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: -34°21'0" Longitude: 18°28'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Syntypes, MNHN.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Guenée A. M. 1852c. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. VII. Species général des Lépidoptères. Noctuélites. Tome III. - — 7:1-442.
PAGINATION 232 Bhl

Species pictures

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
obhaerens Walker, 1858 Synonym of species
welwitschi (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Eswatini     TMSA
Lesotho   Hampson G. F. 1913c. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). XII. Noctuidae. - — 12:i-xiii, 1-626. 444
South Africa Gauteng   TMSA
South Africa Eastern Cape Hacker H. H. 2019b. Families Nolidae Bruand 1846, Erebidae Leach, 1815, Euteliidae Grote, 1882 and Noctuidae Latreille, (Noctuoidea). - In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. - Esperiana Memoir 8:429-537. 452
South Africa Mpumalanga   TMSA
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal   TMSA
South Africa Northern Cape   TMSA
South Africa Limpopo   TMSA
South Africa Free State   TMSA
South Africa Western Cape Guenée A. M. 1852c. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. VII. Species général des Lépidoptères. Noctuélites. Tome III. - — 7:1-442. 232
South Africa North-West   TMSA
Zimbabwe   Hampson G. F. 1913c. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). XII. Noctuidae. - — 12:i-xiii, 1-626. 444

Notes:  The records of DR Congo (specimen in RMCA,, correct det. D. S. Fletcher but perhaps mistake on label) and Nigeria (Hampson, 1902a: 343) need confimation (see H. Hacker 2018b: 452).

Host Plants

Unknown