Hemerophila ophiodesma was described by Meyrick in 1915 as Simaethis ophiodesma from Peru (see reference to the original description). The lectotype is deposited at the BMNH (see images).
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith