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Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Erebinae (subfamily)/  Ophiusini (tribe)/  Ophiusa (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Cramer, 1777)
Citation:Phal.[aena] Noct.[ua] Tirhaca
Original genus:Noctua
Publication:Cramer P. 1777. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en beschreeven door den heer Pieter Cramer (etc.).
Journal:—
Volume:2
Issue:9–16
Pagination:116, index; pl. 172, fig. E
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42112012
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Ophiusa tirhaca (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) unknown Type in coll. C. van Lennep [probably lost]. South Africa [South Africa, Western Cape], Kaap de Goede Hoop.
Distribution note:

Australasian: Australia, Vulcan Islands, New Caledonia; Oriental: India, Sulawesi, Moluccas, Philippines; Palaearctic: Algeria, China, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Libya, Macaronesia, Morocco, South Europe, Syria, Tunisia.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Algeria Hoggar and Tassili Speidel W. & Hassler M. 1989. Die Schmetterlingsfauna der südlichen algerischen Sahara und ihrer Hochgebirge Hoggar und Tassili n'Ajjer (Lepidoptera). page 73
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Cabo Verde Santo Antão Mück O. & Traub B. 1987. Ergänzungen zur Macrolepidopteren-Fauna. page 92
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Berio E. 1965a. Le Catocaline Africane a tibie spinose del Museo di Tervuren. page 264
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Eritrea Berio E. 1941b. Contributo alla studio dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea VII. Euchromiidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Lymantriidae, Lasiocampidae, Noctuidae raccolte dal sig. G. Vaccaro nel 1938. page 188
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Ethiopia Kravchenko V. D., Matov A., Speidel W., Rybalov L., Seyoum E., Beredin S., Negeri M., Witt T., Mooser J. & Müller G. C. 2010. Contributions to the Lepidoptera Fauna of Ethiopia: Catocaline Taxa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). page 50
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Gambia Druce H. 1887a. Lepidoptera Heterocera. – In: Moloney A. C., Sketch of the forestry of West Africa with particular reference to its present principal commercial products. page 501
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Ghana Wagner M. R., Cobbinah J. R. & Bosu P. P. 2008. Forest entomology in West Tropical Africa; Forest insects of Ghana. Second Edition. page 37 (as ophiusa)
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Lesotho page TMSA
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Madagascar Butler A. G. 1879b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from Madagascar. page 393
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Mauritania Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Aistleitner E. 2010. Noctuidae of Cape Verde Islands (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 18
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Mauritius Hampson G. F. 1913c. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). XII. Noctuidae. page 433
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Mauritius Rodrigues Hampson G. F. 1913c. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). XII. Noctuidae. page 433
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Mozambique Goldbach G. 1993. Schmetterlingsarten aus dem Gebiet von Moatize/Moçambique (Lepidoptera). page 79
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Namibia Kopij G. 2014. Lepidoptera fauna of Namibia. I. Seasonal distribution of moths of the Koakoland (Mopane) Savanna in Ogongo, northern Namibia. page 124
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Oman Wiltshire E. P. 1977b. The scientific results of the Oman flora and fauna survey 1975. Lepidoptera: Part I Families Cossidae, Pyralidae, Geometridae, Sphingidae, Arctiidae, Lymantriidae and Noctuidae. Part II A list of further Lepidoptera-Heterocera from Oman. Part III Pyral... page 160 (as whitei)
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena Wollaston T. V. 1879. Notes on the Lepidoptera of St. Helena, with descriptions of new species. page 233 (as tirrhaea)
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. – In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. page 227
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Seychelles Assomption Fryer J. C. F. 1912. The Lepidoptera of Seychelles and Aldabra, exclusive of the Orneodidae and Pterophoridae and of the Tortricina and Tineina. page 9
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Somalia Butler A. G. 1898a. On a small collection of Lepidoptera made by Mr. F. Gillet in Somali-land. page 925
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) South Africa North-West page TMSA
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) South Africa Eastern Cape Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes. page 306 (as tirrhaea)
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) South Africa Gauteng page TMSA
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) South Africa Mpumalanga page TMSA
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) South Africa Limpopo page TMSA
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) South Africa Free State page TMSA
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) South Africa Northern Cape page TMSA
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) South Africa Western Cape Cramer P. 1777. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en beschreeven door den heer Pieter Cramer (etc.). page 116
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Tanzania Kirby W. F. 1896. On a collection of moths from East Africa formed by Dr. W. J. Ansorge, Medical Officer to the Uganda Administration. page 393
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) United Arab Emirates Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 7
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Western Sahara Rungs Ch. 1992. Premier aperçu sur la faune des lépidoptères du Sahara occidental. page 369
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Yemen Hacker H. H., Aulombard F., Bischof A., Bittermann J., Fibiger M. & Schreier H.-P. 2001. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected during three expeditions in 1996, 1998 and 2000. page 613
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Yemen Socotra Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 342
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Zambia Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 420
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Zimbabwe Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 342
Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1942: 212).

Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Alchornea cordifolia Euphorbiaceae Ghana Wagner M. R., Cobbinah J. R. & Bosu P. P. 2008. Forest entomology in West Tropical Africa; Forest insects of Ghana. Second Edition. page 37
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Anacardium occidentale Anacardiaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 189
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Carissa edulis Apocynaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. page 212
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Carissa edulis Apocynaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 189
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Cistus sp. Cistaceae Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Aistleitner E. 2010. Noctuidae of Cape Verde Islands (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 19
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Cistus sp. Cistaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 189
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Combretum indicum Combretaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 189 (as Quisqualis)
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Combretum molle Combretaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 75 (as C. guenzii)
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Combretum paniculatum Combretaceae Ghana Wagner M. R., Cobbinah J. R. & Bosu P. P. 2008. Forest entomology in West Tropical Africa; Forest insects of Ghana. Second Edition. page 37
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Cotinus coggygria Anacardiaceae Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Aistleitner E. 2010. Noctuidae of Cape Verde Islands (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 19
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Eucalyptus sp. Myrtaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1983. Species of Eucalyptus as food plants for Lepidoptera in East Africa. page 91
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Geranium sp. Geraniaceae Madagascar Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 237
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Leptospermum laevigatum Myrtaceae South Africa Dickson C. G. C. 1947. Recently observed food-plants of some Cape lepidopterous larvae (3rd series). page 129
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Maerua sp. Capparidaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 189
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Maerua sp. Capparidaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. page 212
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Myrtus sp. Myrtaceae Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Aistleitner E. 2010. Noctuidae of Cape Verde Islands (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 19
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Ozoroa mucronata Anacardiaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 189
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Pelargonium sp. Geraniaceae Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Aistleitner E. 2010. Noctuidae of Cape Verde Islands (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 19
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Pelargonium sp. Geraniaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 189
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Phyllanthus discoideus Euphorbiaceae Ghana Wagner M. R., Cobbinah J. R. & Bosu P. P. 2008. Forest entomology in West Tropical Africa; Forest insects of Ghana. Second Edition. page 37
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Pistacia lentiscus Anacardiaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 189
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Pistacia lentiscus Anacardiaceae Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Aistleitner E. 2010. Noctuidae of Cape Verde Islands (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 19
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Psidium guajava Myrtaceae Madagascar Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 237
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Rhus coriaria Anacardiaceae Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Aistleitner E. 2010. Noctuidae of Cape Verde Islands (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 19
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Rhus coriaria Anacardiaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 189
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Rhus laevigata Anacardiaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 90
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Rhus rehmanniana Anacardiaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 189 (as R. vulgaris)
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Rhus sp. Anacardiaceae Algeria Speidel W. & Hassler M. 1989. Die Schmetterlingsfauna der südlichen algerischen Sahara und ihrer Hochgebirge Hoggar und Tassili n'Ajjer (Lepidoptera). page 73
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Rhus villosa Anacardiaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 90
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Schinus molle Anacardiaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. page 212
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Schinus molle Anacardiaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 189
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Sclerocarya birrea Anacardiaceae Mauritius Bippus M. 2018. New Erebidae from the Mascarene islands and about some Madagascar Lepidoptera (Lepidoptera: Erebidae). page 23
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Terminalia catappa Combretaceae Mück O. & Traub B. 1987. Ergänzungen zur Macrolepidopteren-Fauna. page 96
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Undefined polyphagous Undefined Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren. page 131
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Ophiusa auricularis (Hübner, 1803) (Hübner, 1803) species Synonym Noctua auricularis
Ophiusa clementi (Swinhoe, 1918) (Swinhoe, 1918) species Synonym Anua clementi
Ophiusa hottentota (Guenée, 1852) (Guenée, 1852) species Synonym Ophiodes hottentota
Ophiusa obscura Pinker, 1979 Pinker, 1979 species Synonym Ophiusa obscura
Ophiusa separans (Walker, 1858) (Walker, 1858) species Synonym Ophiodes separans
Ophiusa tirrhaca auct. auct. species Misapplied Ophiusa tirrhaca
Ophiusa tirrhaea (Fabricius, 1781) (Fabricius, 1781) species Synonym Phalaena tirrhaea
Ophiusa vesta (Esper, 1789) (Esper, 1789) species Synonym Noctua vesta
Ophiusa vester (Pinhey, 1974) (Pinhey, 1974) species Misapplied Noctua vester
Ophiusa whitei (Wiltshire, 1977) (Wiltshire, 1977) species Synonym Anua whitei