Ophiusa discriminans

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| image_caption = In Sri Lanka

| taxon = Ophiusa discriminans

| authority = (Walker, 1858)

| synonyms =

  • Anua intacta Hampson, 1913
  • Anua keyensis Strand, 1913
  • Anua keyensis Gaede, 1938
  • Ophiusa intacta (Hampson, 1913)
  • Ophiodes discriminans Walker, 1858
  • Pseudophila pygospila (Snellen, 1880)
  • Pseudophia pygospila Snellen, 1880
  • Ophiusa pygospila (Snellen, 1880)
  • Ophiusa sublutea Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Anua sublutea (Bethune-Baker, 1906)

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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.{{cite web |last1=Herbison-Evans |first1=Don |last2=Crossley |first2=Stella |name-list-style=amp |date=14 August 2012 |url=http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/calp/discriminans.html |title=Ophiusa discriminans (Walker, 1858) |website=Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths |accessdate=21 January 2019}}

The larvae feed on Melaleuca species.{{cite web |last=Holloway |first=Jeremy Daniel |url=http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/ophiusini/ophiusini_3_3.php | title=Ophiusa discriminans Walker | website=The Moths of Borneo | accessdate=13 August 2016}}

Subspecies

  • Ophiusa discriminans discriminans
  • Ophiusa discriminans sublutea (New Guinea)

Gallery

image:Ophiusa discriminans female dorsal.jpg|Female, dorsal view

image:Ophiusa discriminans female ventral.jpg|Female, ventral view

image:Ophiusa discriminans male dorsal.jpg|Male, dorsal view

image:Ophiusa discriminans male ventral.jpg|Male, ventral view

References

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Category:Ophiusa

Category:Moths described in 1858

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