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Thumatha

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Erebidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Arctiinae

Similar
  
Thumatha senex, Cybosia, Nudaria mundana, Setina, Cybosia mesomella

Thumatha is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family. Species are distributed in Oriental and Australian regions.

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Description

Palpi porrect and slender. Antennae bipectinated in male. Tibia with long spurs. Fore wings are broad and short. Veins 3 to 5 arise closer to end of cell, and vein 6 from upper angle. Veins 7 to 9 stalked and vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12. In hind wings, 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.

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

    Thumatha Wikipedia
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