Thosea is a genus of moths of the family Limacodidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855.[1]

Thosea
Thosea rara
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Limacodidae
Subfamily: Limacodinae
Genus: Thosea
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Anzabe Walker, 1855
  • Autocopa Meyrick, 1889
  • Dasycomota Lower, 1902

Species

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larva of Thosea vetusta

References

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  1. ^ Roskov Y, Kunze T, Orrell T, Abucay L, Paglinawan L, Culham A, Bailly N, Kirk P, Bourgoin T, Baillargeon G, Decock W, De Wever A, Didžiulis V, eds. (2019). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2019 Annual Checklist" (ZIP). Leiden, the Netherlands: Species 2000: Naturalis. ISSN 2405-884X. TaxonID: 55042581. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
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