Thiacidas Explained

Thiacidas is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed throughout India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward) and slender, reaching vertex of head. Second joint is hairy. Legs naked with short spurs. Antennae fasciculated in male. Metathorax with a slight tuft. Abdomen with thick woolly hair on dorsum of proximal segments. Tibia hair and spineless. Forewings are longer and narrow with somewhat arched costa towards apex. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 usually stalked and veins 6 and 7 usually from cell.^[1]

Species

• Thiacidas acronictoides (Berio, 1950)
• Thiacidas adnanensis (Wiltshire, 1980)
• Thiacidas alboporphyrea (Pagenstecher, 1907)
• Thiacidas berenice (Fawcett, 1916)
• Thiacidas callipona (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
• Thiacidas cerurodes (Hampson, 1916)
  • Thiacidas cerurodes asiriensis Hacker & Fibiger, 2002
  • Thiacidas cerurodes cerurodes Hampson, 1916
• Thiacidas cookei (Pinhey, 1958)
• Thiacidas duplicata (Grünberg, 1910)
• Thiacidas egregia Staudinger, 1892
• Thiacidas fasciata (Fawcett, 1917)
• Thiacidas fractilinea Pinhey, 1968
• Thiacidas fuscomacula Hacker & Zilli, 2010
• Thiacidas hampsoni (Hacker, 2004)
• Thiacidas intermedia Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thiacidas ivoiriana Hacker & Zilli, 2010
• Thiacidas juvenis Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thiacidas kanoensis Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thiacidas khomasana Mey, 2011
• Thiacidas krooni Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thiacidas legraini Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thiacidas leonie Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thiacidas meii Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thiacidas morettoi Hacker & Zilli, 2010
• Thiacidas mukim (Berio, 1977)
• Thiacidas nigrimacula (Pinhey, 1968)
• Thiacidas occidentalis Hacker & Zilli, 2010
• Thiacidas orientalis Hacker & Zilli, 2010
• Thiacidas permutata Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thiacidas politzari Hacker & Zilli, 2010
• Thiacidas postalbida (Gaede, 1939)
• Thiacidas postica Walker, 1855
• Thiacidas robertbecki Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thiacidas roseotincta (Pinhey, 1962)
  • Thiacidas roseotincta albata Wiltshire, 1994
  • Thiacidas roseotincta roseotincta Pinhey, 1962
• Thiacidas schausi (Hampson, 1905)
• Thiacidas senex (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
• Thiacidas smythi (Gaede, 1939)
• Thiacidas somaliensis Hacker & Zilli, 2010
• Thiacidas stassarti Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thiacidas subhampsoni Hacker & Zilli, 2010
• Thiacidas submutata Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thiacidas triangulata (Gaede, 1939)

References

• Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2018 . Thiacidas Walker, 1855 . Afromoths . November 19, 2018.
• Berio (1950). Bollettino della Società entomologica italiana 80: 92.
• Berio (1977). Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) 81: 338, fig. 24.
• Bethune-Baker (1911). Annals and Magazine of Natural History Serie 8(8): 533–534.
• Fawcett (1916). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Londonon 1916: 717, pl. 1, fig. 15.
• Fawcett (1917). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Londonon 1917: 123.
• Gaede (1939). Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 15: 288.
• Grünberg (1910). in Schultze. Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika 4(1): 132.
• Hacker (2004). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 1: 274, pl. 13, fig. 6.
• Hacker & Fibiger (2002). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 9: 193, pl. 6, fig. 18
• Hacker & Zilli (2007). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 3: 179–246.
• Hampson (1905). Annals and Magazine of Natural History Serie 7(16): 19.
• Hampson (1916). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916: 129, pl. 1, fig. 43
• Pagenstecher (1907). Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903-1905 pp. 114, pl. 6, fig. 17.
• Pinhey (1958). Occasional Papers of the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia 22(B): 117, pl. 1.
• Pinhey (1962). Occasional Papers of the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia 3 (B): 872, pl. 2, figs. 6 & 7.
• Pinhey (1968). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 25: 166, pl. 15, figs. 2–4.
• Staudinger (1892). in Romanoff. Mémoires sur les lépidoptères 6: 404, pl.7, fig. 2.
• Walker (1855). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 5: 1028.
• Wiltshire (1980). Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2: 226, pl. 2, fig. 57.
• Wiltshire (1994). Fauna of Saudi Arabia 14: 125, pl. 17.

Notes and References

1. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

   . George Hampson . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I . Taylor and Francis . 1892 . Moths - Vol. I . Biodiversity Heritage Library.