Ophiusa tettensis

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Ophiusa tettensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Ophiusa
Species:
O. tettensis
Binomial name
Ophiusa tettensis
(Hopffer, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Ophiusa cameronis(Plötz, 1880)
  • Ophiusa expedita(Walker, 1858)
  • Ophiodes tettensisHopffer, 1858
  • Anua tettensis(Hopffer, 1858)
  • Ophiodes cameronisPlötz, 1880
  • Ophisma expeditaWalker, 1858

Ophiusa tettensis [1] is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Africa, including Mozambique, South Africa and the Congo.

A known foodplant of this species is Combretum indicum (a Combretaceae ). [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived 2009-09-23 at the Wayback Machine . CRC Press. ISBN   0-916846-45-8, ISBN   978-0-916846-45-9.
  2. ↑ africanmoths


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