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.
Species
- Thiacidas acronictoides <small>(Berio, 1950)</small>
- Thiacidas adnanensis <small>(Wiltshire, 1980)</small>
- Thiacidas alboporphyrea <small>(Pagenstecher, 1907)</small>
- Thiacidas berenice <small>(Fawcett, 1916)</small>
- Thiacidas callipona <small>(Bethune-Baker, 1911)</small>
- Thiacidas cerurodes <small>(Hampson, 1916)</small>
- Thiacidas cerurodes asiriensis <small>Hacker & Fibiger, 2002</small>
- Thiacidas cerurodes cerurodes <small>Hampson, 1916</small>
- Thiacidas cookei <small>(Pinhey, 1958)</small>
- Thiacidas duplicata <small>(Grünberg, 1910)</small>
- Thiacidas egregia <small>Staudinger, 1892</small>
- Thiacidas fasciata <small>(Fawcett, 1917)</small>
- Thiacidas fractilinea <small>Pinhey, 1968</small>
- Thiacidas fuscomacula <small>Hacker & Zilli, 2010</small>
- Thiacidas hampsoni <small>(Hacker, 2004)</small>
- Thiacidas intermedia <small>Hacker & Zilli, 2007</small>
- Thiacidas ivoiriana <small>Hacker & Zilli, 2010</small>
- Thiacidas juvenis <small>Hacker & Zilli, 2007</small>
- Thiacidas kanoensis <small>Hacker & Zilli, 2007</small>
- Thiacidas khomasana <small>Mey, 2011</small>
- Thiacidas krooni <small>Hacker & Zilli, 2007</small>
- Thiacidas legraini <small>Hacker & Zilli, 2007</small>
- Thiacidas leonie <small>Hacker & Zilli, 2007</small>
- Thiacidas meii <small>Hacker & Zilli, 2007</small>
- Thiacidas morettoi <small>Hacker & Zilli, 2010</small>
- Thiacidas mukim <small>(Berio, 1977)</small>
- Thiacidas nigrimacula <small>(Pinhey, 1968)</small>
- Thiacidas occidentalis <small>Hacker & Zilli, 2010</small>
- Thiacidas orientalis <small>Hacker & Zilli, 2010</small>
- Thiacidas permutata <small>Hacker & Zilli, 2007</small>
- Thiacidas politzari <small>Hacker & Zilli, 2010</small>
- Thiacidas postalbida <small>(Gaede, 1939)</small>
- Thiacidas postica <small>Walker, 1855</small>
- Thiacidas robertbecki <small>Hacker & Zilli, 2007</small>
- Thiacidas roseotincta <small>(Pinhey, 1962)</small>
- Thiacidas roseotincta albata <small>Wiltshire, 1994</small>
- Thiacidas roseotincta roseotincta <small>Pinhey, 1962</small>
- Thiacidas schausi <small>(Hampson, 1905)</small>
- Thiacidas senex <small>(Bethune-Baker, 1911)</small>
- Thiacidas smythi <small>(Gaede, 1939)</small>
- Thiacidas somaliensis <small>Hacker & Zilli, 2010</small>
- Thiacidas stassarti <small>Hacker & Zilli, 2007</small>
- Thiacidas subhampsoni <small>Hacker & Zilli, 2010</small>
- Thiacidas submutata <small>Hacker & Zilli, 2007</small>
- Thiacidas triangulata <small>(Gaede, 1939)</small>
References
- Berio (1950). Bollettino della SocietÃÂ 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): 533âÂÂ534.
- 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: 179âÂÂ246.
- 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. 2âÂÂ4.
- 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.