Ophiusa is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family.
Palpi upturned and smoothly scaled, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and third joint variable in length and longer in female than male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid tibia spiny and sometimes hind tibia as well. Tibia fringed with long hair in male. Fore wings with somewhat acute apex. The outer margin nearly straight. Hind wings with slightly angled outer margin at vein 2. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs, where the first pair or two pairs are rudimentary.
Ophiusa alorensis (Gaede, 1938)Ophiusa alticola (Hampson, 1913)Ophiusa ambigua (Gerstaecker, 1871)Ophiusa anomala (Berio, 1955)Ophiusa arfaki Bethune-Baker 1910Ophiusa cancellata (Saalmüller, 1891)Ophiusa conspicienda (Walker, 1858)Ophiusa costiplaga (Hulstaert, 1924)Ophiusa dargei (Laporte, 1977)Ophiusa david (Holland, 1894)Ophiusa davidioides (Strand, 1918)Ophiusa dianaris (Guenée, 1852)Ophiusa despecta (Holland, 1894)Ophiusa diagarmma Lower, 1903Ophiusa digona Mabille, 1879Ophiusa dilecta Walker, 1865Ophiusa discriminans (Walker, 1858)Ophiusa disjungens (Walker, 1858)Ophiusa fijiensis (Robinson, 1969)Ophiusa finifascia (Walker, 1858)Ophiusa flavociliata (Aurivillius, 1925)Ophiusa gonoptera Hampson, 1910 (syn: Ophiusa extincta (Gaede, 1917))Ophiusa grandidieri (Viette, 1966)Ophiusa hituense (Pagenstecher, 1884)Ophiusa hopei Boisduval, 1833Ophiusa hypoxantha (Hampson, 1918)Ophiusa inangulata (Gaede, 1917)Ophiusa indistincta Moore, 1882 (syn: Ophiusa fervida (Butler, 1883))Ophiusa kenricki Bethune-Baker 1906Ophiusa legendrei Viette, 1966Ophiusa mabillei (Viette, 1974)Ophiusa mejanesi (Guenée, 1852)Ophiusa melaconisia Hampson, 1905Ophiusa microtirhaca Sugi, 1990Ophiusa mimetica (Berio, 1954)Ophiusa nocturnia Hampson, 1902Ophiusa novenaria (Lucas, 1898)Ophiusa obsolescens (Hampson, 1918)Ophiusa olista Swinhoe, 1893Ophiusa overlaeti (Berio, 1956)Ophiusa parcemacula (Lucas, 1891)Ophiusa pelor (Mabille, 1881)Ophiusa pseudotirhaca (Berio, 1956)Ophiusa punctiquadrata (Berio, 1974)Ophiusa rectificata (Berio, 1941)Ophiusa recurvata (Hampson, 1913)Ophiusa reducta (Mabille, 1880)Ophiusa rogata (Berio, 1954)Ophiusa rufescens (Hampson, 1913)Ophiusa salita Distant, 1898Ophiusa samoensis (Tams, 1935)Ophiusa selenaris (Guenée, 1852) (syn: Ophiusa obhaerens Walker, 1858, Ophiusa welwitschi (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1874))Ophiusa simplex Berio 1978Ophiusa subdiversa (L.B. Prout, 1919)Ophiusa tettensis (Hopffer, 1858)Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, [1777])Ophiusa tirhacoidesOphiusa trapezium Guenée, 1852Ophiusa triphaenoides Walker, 1858Ophiusa tumidilinea Walker, 1858Ophiusa tumiditermina Hampson, 1910Ophiusa umbrilinea (Hampson, 1902)Ophiusa verecunda (Holland, 1894)Ophiusa violascens Hampson, 1902Ophiusa violisparsa (L.B. Prout, 1919)Ophiusa waterloti Viette, 1982Ophiusa xylochroa (Druce, 1912)Ophiusa coronata Fabricius, 1775 is now placed in Thyas as Thyas coronata.
