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Thiacidas

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.

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

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. 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.
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