Taxon profile

species

Green Drab moth
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1773)

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Arthropoda - arthropods » class Insecta - insects » order Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths » family Erebidae - Underwing moths » genus Ophiusa

Scientific synonyms

Phalaena tirhaca Cramer, 1773 ^o
Ophiusa tirhaca tirhaca (Cramer, 1773)
Anua tirhaca (Cramer, 1773)
Noctua auricularis Hübner, 1803
Anua clementi Swinhoe, 1918
Ophiodes hottentota Guenée, 1852
Ophiusa tirhaca obscura Pinker & Bacallado, 1979
Ophiusa obscura Pinker & Bacallado, 1979
Anua tirhaca pura Warren, 1913
Ophiodes separans Walker, 1858

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Type taxon of:	Meropis Hübner, 1822 (Noctua auricularis Hübner, 1803), Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1816 (Phalaena tirhaca Cramer, 1773), Hemachra Sodoffsky, 1837 (Phalaena tirhaca Cramer, 1773), Ophiogenes Reichenbach, 1816 (Phalaena tirhaca Cramer, 1773)

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male

Author: Tomáš Vrána

female

Author: Michal Koupý

male

Author: Michal Koupý

female

Author: Michal Koupý

Author: Lubomír Klátil

Author: Jiří Hvězda

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Taxon in country check-lists^*

Africa: Egypt, South Africa, Europe: Balearic Islands, Corsica, Crete, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, Spain, Asia: China, Oman, Oceania: Australia

* List of countries might not be complete

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Links and literature

OzAnimals - Australian Wildlife [http://www.ozanimals.com/] [as Ophiusa tirhaca]
Data retrieved on: 14 April 2013

Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa [OphiTirh]

Mazzei P., Reggianti D., Pimpinelli I.: Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa [http://www.leps.it]

Australian Faunal Directory [ec2f24fd-a5da-4a62-9f38-6a788641974a]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777)]
Data retrieved on: 7 February 2014

de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1773)]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012

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