Biology:Thumatha
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Short description: Genus of moths
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| Thumatha senex | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Nudariina |
| Genus: | Thumatha Walker, 1866 |
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Thumatha is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1866. Species are distributed in the Oriental and Australian regions.
Description
Palpi porrect (extending forward) and slender. Antennae bipectinated (comb like on both sides) in male. Tibia with long spurs. Forewings are broad and short. Veins 3 to 5 arise closer to the end of the cell, and vein 6 from upper angle. Veins 7 to 9 stalked and vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12. In hindwings, veins 3 and 4 stalked, vein 5 from angle of cell, veins 6 and 7 stalked, and vein 8 from beyond the middle of cell.[1]
Species
- Thumatha brunnea Kühne, 2007
- Thumatha fuscescens Walker, 1866
- Thumatha fuscescens africana - Kühne, 2007
- Thumatha fuscescens fuscescens
- Thumatha kakamegae Kühne, 2007
- Thumatha inconstans (Butler, [1897])
- Thumatha infantula (Saalmüller, 1880)
- Thumatha lunaris Durante, 2007
- Thumatha monochroa Zolotuhin, 1996
- Thumatha muscula (Staudinger, 1887)
- Thumatha ochracea (Bremer, 1861)
- Thumatha orientalis Holloway, 2001
- Thumatha punctata Kühne, 2010
- Thumatha senex (Hübner, [1808])
References
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/5/mode/1up.
- Kühne, L. (2007). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 3: 353–394.
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS.
- Thalassia Salentina 30: 81–92.
- Savela, Markku. "Thumatha Walker, 1866". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/lithosiinae/thumatha/. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q4051456 entry
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