Thiacidas

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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.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
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Thiacidas
Thiacidas alboporphyrea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
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Description

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

  • Thiacidas acronictoides (Berio, 1950)
  • Thiacidas adnanensis (Wiltshire, 1980)
  • Thiacidas alboporphyrea (Pagenstecher, 1907)
  • Thiacidas berenice (Fawcett, 1916)
  • Thiacidas callipona (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
  • Thiacidas cerurodes (Hampson, 1916)
    • Thiacidas cerurodes asiriensis Hacker & Fibiger, 2002
    • Thiacidas cerurodes cerurodes Hampson, 1916
  • Thiacidas cookei (Pinhey, 1958)
  • Thiacidas duplicata (Grünberg, 1910)
  • Thiacidas egregia Staudinger, 1892
  • Thiacidas fasciata (Fawcett, 1917)
  • Thiacidas fractilinea Pinhey, 1968
  • Thiacidas fuscomacula Hacker & Zilli, 2010
  • Thiacidas hampsoni (Hacker, 2004)
  • Thiacidas intermedia Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Thiacidas ivoiriana Hacker & Zilli, 2010
  • Thiacidas juvenis Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Thiacidas kanoensis Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Thiacidas khomasana Mey, 2011
  • Thiacidas krooni Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Thiacidas legraini Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Thiacidas leonie Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Thiacidas meii Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Thiacidas morettoi Hacker & Zilli, 2010
  • Thiacidas mukim (Berio, 1977)
  • Thiacidas nigrimacula (Pinhey, 1968)
  • Thiacidas occidentalis Hacker & Zilli, 2010
  • Thiacidas orientalis Hacker & Zilli, 2010
  • Thiacidas permutata Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Thiacidas politzari Hacker & Zilli, 2010
  • Thiacidas postalbida (Gaede, 1939)
  • Thiacidas postica Walker, 1855
  • Thiacidas robertbecki Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Thiacidas roseotincta (Pinhey, 1962)
    • Thiacidas roseotincta albata Wiltshire, 1994
    • Thiacidas roseotincta roseotincta Pinhey, 1962
  • Thiacidas schausi (Hampson, 1905)
  • Thiacidas senex (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
  • Thiacidas smythi (Gaede, 1939)
  • Thiacidas somaliensis Hacker & Zilli, 2010
  • Thiacidas stassarti Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Thiacidas subhampsoni Hacker & Zilli, 2010
  • Thiacidas submutata Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Thiacidas triangulata (Gaede, 1939)

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