Ophiusa tirhaca (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) in the Romanian fauna
Journal: Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”
Year: 2024

The palaeotropical-subtropical moth Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) has been known in Romania based on a single (undated) specimen collected in Ia&amp;#537;i (north-eastern Romania), at least 55&amp;ndash;60 years ago. As a consequence, this species has either been excluded or regarded as data deficient in various checklists of Romanian Lepidoptera. Here we present the first fully documented record of O. tirhaca from Romania. A single specimen was found in August 2022 on t