Ophiussa, also spelled Ophiusa, is the ancient name given by the ancient Greeks to what is now Portuguese territory near the mouth of the river Tagus. It means Land of Serpents.
Ophiusa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.
Ophiusa tirhaca, the green drab, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found in southern Europe, Africa, Australia and the southern parts of Asia.
Hypoleucis is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Ophiusa disjungens, the guava moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in south-east Asia and the south Pacific, including Thailand, Japan, Tonga and New South Wales and Queensland. The adult is a fruit piercer.
Ophiusa discriminans is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in Brunei, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand and in Australia in the Northern Territory and Queensland.
Ophiusa trapezium is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka to Queensland, the Bismarck Islands and New Caledonia. Adults are fruit piercers.
Ophiusa tumidilinea is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in Asia, including India and Thailand.
Ophiusa mejanesi is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in Africa, including Senegal and South Africa.
Ophiusa dianaris is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Africa, including Ethiopia, Swaziland and South Africa.
Ophiusa alticola is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in India.
Ophiusa kenricki is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1906. It is found in New Guinea.
Ophiusa conspicienda is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in West Africa, Gabon and Uganda.
Ophiusa olista is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1893. It is found in China, Thailand and Japan.
Ophiusa microtirhaca is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Shigero Sugi in 1990. It is found in Asia, including Japan.
Ophiusa tettensis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Africa, including Mozambique, South Africa and the Congo.
Ophiusa verecunda is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Africa, including Gabon.
The Erebinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae erected by William Elford Leach in 1815. Erebine moths are found on all continents except Antarctica, but reach their greatest diversity in the tropics. While the exact number of species belonging to the Erebinae is not known, the subfamily is estimated to include around 10,000 species. Some well-known Erebinae include underwing moths (Catocala) and witch moths (Thermesiini). Many of the species in the subfamily have medium to large wingspans, up to nearly 30 cm in the white witch moth, which has the widest wingspan of all Lepidoptera. Erebine caterpillars feed on a broad range of plants; many species feed on grasses and legumes, and a few are pests of castor bean, sugarcane, rice, as well as pistachios and blackberries.
Ophiusa legendrei is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Pierre Viette in 1967. It is found on the Comoros, Réunion, Madagascar and in Mozambique.
Hypoleucis ophiusa, the common costus skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests.
