Thiacidas

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.

Thiacidas
Thiacidas alboporphyrea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Thiacidas Walker, 1855
Synonyms
Auchenisa Hampson, 1905 Galactomoia Fawcett, 1916 Panthauma Staudinger, 1892 Pteronycta Fawcett, 1918 Trisula Moore, 1858 Trisulana Bethune-Baker, 1911

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)