Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, [1777])
Portugal, Spain, S.France, Italy, Mallorca, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, Africa, SE.Europe - S.Asia, China, Australia. See [maps]
- Phalaena (Noctua) tirhaca Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 116, pl. 172, f. E; TL: Cape of Good Hope
- Noctua tirrhaea Fabricius, 1781; Spec. Ins. 2: 213 (emend. Phalaena tirhaca Cramer, [1777])
- Phalaea (Noctua) vesta Esper, 1789; Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 1 (39): pl. 141, f. 1
- Noctua olivacea de Villers, 1789
- Noctua auricularis Hübner, [1803]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [4]: pl. 66, f. 321; TL: Europe
- Ophiodes hottentota Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 7 (Noct. 3): 229; TL: Pays des Hottentots
- Ophiodes separans Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1357; TL: North Hindustan
- absens (Warren, 1913) (Anua)
- pura (Warren, 1913) (Anua)
- Anua clementi Swinhoe, 1918; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 2 (7): 76; TL: Australia, Sherlock River, Roebourne
- Anua tirhaca f. whitei Wiltshire, 1977; J. Oman Studies (Special Rep.): 160; TL: Oman, Quyid
- Ophiusa clementi; [POOLE]
- Ophiusa tirhaca; [POOLE]; Haruta, 1993, Tinea 13 (Suppl. 3): 57, pl. 45, f. 12; Yoshimoto, 1995, Tinea 14 (suppl. 2): 68; [NE10]: 54, pl. 1, f. 52-57, gen. 11, 109; Zahiri, Holloway, Kitching, Lafontaine, Mutanen & Wahlberg, 2012, Syst. Ent. 37 (1): 109; Zahiri, Lafontaine, Holloway, Kitching, Schmidt, Kaila & Wahlberg, 2013, Cladistics 29: 342; [RFEL]; [AfroMoths]
1400x784 (~190Kb) Sardinia: Sinis Peninsula, Is Arutas, 20m, 10.5.1988, Siegel leg. Photo © Christian Siegel
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Larva on
Pistacia lentiscus,
P. terebinthus,
Cistus spp.,
Rhus cotinus,
R. coriaria,
Daphne ,
Erica ,
Viburnum ,
Osyris [NE10], 55,
Combretum ,
Eucalyptus [POOLE], Pinhey, 1975,
Ericaceae ,
Cistaceae ,
Dipterocarpaceae ,
Thymelaeaceae ,
Rosaceae ,
Myrtaceae ,
Combretaceae ,
Lythraceae ,
Rutaceae ,
Anacardiaceae ,
Geraniaceae ,
Santalaceae ,
Loranthaceae ,
Vitaceae ,
Adoxaceae [RFEL]
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O. t. obscura Pinker, 1979 Canary Is.
- Ophiusa tirhaca obscura; [NE10], 54