Thiacidas

Thiacidas
Thiacidas alboporphyrea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Thiacidinae
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 Noctuidae family. Species are distributed throughout India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

Description

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

Species

References

  1. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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