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Heliocheilus thomalae

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Heliocheilus thomalae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Heliocheilus
Species:
H. thomalae
Binomial name
Heliocheilus thomalae
(Gaede, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Raghuva thomalae Gaede, 1915

Heliocheilus thomalae is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in Tanzania.[1]

This species has a wingspan of 19–20 mm (0.75–0.79 in) and the holotype was caught in Gomba, district of Amani, Tanzania.

Gaede named this species after Miss Thomala, preparator at the Berlin Museum für Naturkunde who draw his attention on this species.[2]

References

  1. ^ The African species of Heliocheilus Grote (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
  2. ^ (in German): Original description & Plate: Gaede, M. 1915. Neue afrikanische Lepidoptera des Berliner Zoologischen Museums. - Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift, Guben 9:38–40, pl. 1.


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