Heliocheilus thomalae explained

Heliocheilus thomalae is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in Tanzania.^[1]

This species has a wingspan of 19mm20mm and the holotype was caught in Gomba, district of Amani, Tanzania.

Gaede named this species after Miss Thomala, preparator at the Berlin Museum für Naturkunde who draw his attention on this species.^[2]

Notes and References

1. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1987.tb00218.x . 12 . The African species of Heliocheilus Grote (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) . 1987 . Systematic Entomology . 459–473 . Matthews . Marcus.
2. (in German): Original description & Plate: Gaede, M. 1915. Neue afrikanische Lepidoptera des Berliner Zoologischen Museums. - Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift, Guben 9:38–40, pl. 1.