1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

1-3: ♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

2.1. Original description

1-2: Pagenstecher (1884: 235, pl. VII fig. 2) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Ophisma hituense Pagenstecher, 1884 [original combination]
• Ophiusa hituense (Pagenstecher, 1884)

3.2. Variant spellings

• Thyas hituensis (Pagenstecher, 1884)
• Ophiusa hituensis (Pagenstecher, 1884)

3.3. Synonyms

• Thyas amideta Turner, 1903 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Anua hituensis Hampson, 1913 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.4. Taxonomy

[Moths of Borneo] note in discussion of Thyas coronata: "An Australasian relative of coronata, hituensis Pagenstecher (Holloway, 1979) should also be transferred to Thyas, comb. n." We follow this plausible suggestion.

(author: Erwin Rennwald)

3.5. Literature

• Original description: Pagenstecher, A. (1884): Beiträge zur Lepidopteren-Fauna von Amboina. — Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 37: 150-326, pl. VI-VII. Wiesbaden (Julius Niedner).