Thumatha

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.

Thumatha
Thumatha senex
Scientific classification
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

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward) and slender. Antennae bipectinated (comb like on both sides) in male. Tibia with long spurs. 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

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

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