Thumatha fuscescens
| Thumatha fuscescens | |
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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 |
| Genus: | Thumatha |
| Species: | T. fuscescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Thumatha fuscescens Walker, 1866
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Thumatha fuscescens is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Australia, South-East Asia, India, Sri Lanka, the Comoros, La Réunion, Madagascar and Gabon.[1][2]
Description
Wingspan is 16mm. Male has pale reddish brownish body. Fore wings possess traces of antemedial and postmedial waved lines. There is a black spot at end of cell and a spot on the costa before apex. Sub-marginal and marginal specks series present.[3]
Larva known to feeds on lichens and mosses.[4]
Subspecies
- Thumatha fuscescens fuscescens (south-east Asia, Australia)
- Thumatha fuscescens africana Kühne, 2007 (Africa)
References
- ^ afromoths.net
- ^ "Thumatha fuscescens Walker, 1866". African moths. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Thumatha Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
External links
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