Thumatha

Thumatha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Thumatha
Walker, 1866
Synonyms
  • Pelobrochis Lucas, 1892
  • Dictenus Butler, [1897]
  • Nudaridia Hampson, 1900

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

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.[1]

Species

References

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



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