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Thiacidas

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Thiacidas
Thiacidas alboporphyrea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Thiacidas
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Auchenisa Hampson, 1905
  • Galactomoia Fawcett, 1916
  • Panthauma Staudinger, 1892
  • Pteronycta Fawcett, 1918
  • Trisula Moore, 1858
  • Trisulana Bethune-Baker, 1911

Thiacidas is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed throughout India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

Description

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Palpi porrect (extending forward) and slender, reaching vertex of head. Second joint is hairy. Legs naked with short spurs. Antennae fasciculated in male. Metathorax with a slight tuft. Abdomen with thick woolly hair on dorsum of proximal segments. Tibia hair and spineless. Forewings are longer and narrow with somewhat arched costa towards apex. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 usually stalked and veins 6 and 7 usually from cell.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Vol. Moths - Vol. I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Thiacidas Walker, 1855". Afromoths. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  • Berio (1950). Bollettino della Società entomologica italiana 80: 92.
  • Berio (1977). Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) 81: 338, fig. 24.
  • Bethune-Baker (1911). Annals and Magazine of Natural History Serie 8(8): 533–534.
  • Fawcett (1916). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Londonon 1916: 717, pl. 1, fig. 15.
  • Fawcett (1917). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Londonon 1917: 123.
  • Gaede (1939). Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 15: 288.
  • Grünberg (1910). in Schultze. Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika 4(1): 132.
  • Hacker (2004). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 1: 274, pl. 13, fig. 6.
  • Hacker & Fibiger (2002). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 9: 193, pl. 6, fig. 18
  • Hacker & Zilli (2007). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 3: 179–246.
  • Hampson (1905). Annals and Magazine of Natural History Serie 7(16): 19.
  • Hampson (1916). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916: 129, pl. 1, fig. 43
  • Pagenstecher (1907). Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903-1905 pp. 114, pl. 6, fig. 17.
  • Pinhey (1958). Occasional Papers of the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia 22(B): 117, pl. 1.
  • Pinhey (1962). Occasional Papers of the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia 3 (B): 872, pl. 2, figs. 6 & 7.
  • Pinhey (1968). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 25: 166, pl. 15, figs. 2–4.
  • Staudinger (1892). in Romanoff. Mémoires sur les lépidoptères 6: 404, pl.7, fig. 2.
  • Walker (1855). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 5: 1028.
  • Wiltshire (1980). Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2: 226, pl. 2, fig. 57.
  • Wiltshire (1994). Fauna of Saudi Arabia 14: 125, pl. 17.