Thumatha

Thumatha
	Thumatha senex
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Nudariina
Genus:	Thumatha; Walker, 1866
Synonyms
	Pelobrochis Lucas, 1892; Dictenus Butler, [1897]; Nudaridia Hampson, 1900;

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. The tibia has long spurs, and the 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. Vol. Moths - Vol. II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Kühne, L. (2007). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 3: 353–394.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw.
Thalassia Salentina 30: 81–92.
Savela, Markku. "Thumatha Walker, 1866". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 23, 2019.

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Vol. Moths - Vol. II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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