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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Nudariina |
| Genus: | Thumatha Walker, 1866 |
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Description
editPalpi 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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.