Trabala

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Trabala
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Trabala species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lasiocampidae
Subfamily:
Lasiocampinae
Genus:
Trabala

Walker, 1856
Type species
Walker

Trabala is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae described by Francis Walker in 1856.[1][2] The species are confined to China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Java.

Description[]

Palpi somewhat short and slight. Antennae with branches shorter in females than in males. Mid and hind tibia with a minute terminal pair of spurs. Forewings are broad, with rounded outer margin, where the cell is open. The stalk of veins 9 and 10 very long. Hindwings with open cell. Veins 6 and 7 arising very near the base. Accessory costal veinlets are absent.[3]

Species[]

Some species of this genus are:[4][5]

  • Trabala aethiopica (Strand, 1912) (from Congo/Eq.Guinea)
  • Holloway, 1987 (from Brunei)
  • Trabala burchardii (Dewitz, 1881) (from Angola/Cameroon/Kenya)
  • Trabala charon Druce, 1910 (from Central Africa)
  • Trabala ganesha Roepke, 1951 (from Sundaland)
  • Roepke, 1951 (from Borneo/Sumatra)
  • Roepke, 1951 (from Malaysia/Borneo/Sumatra)
  • Roepke, 1951 (from Borneo/Sumatra)
  • Moore, 1884 (from Sundaland/Philippines)
  • Roepke, 1951 (from Sundaland)
  • Trabala lambourni Bethune-Baker, 1911 (from Congo/Nigeria)
  • (Walker, 1855) (from Sundaland/China)
  • Trabala prasinophena Tams, 1931 (from Congo)
  • Holloway, 1976 (from Borneo)
  • Roepke, 1951 (from Sundaland)
  • (Kollar, 1848) (from India)
  • Trabala viridana Joicey & Talbot, 1917 (from Sumatra/Borneo/Malaysia)
  • Trabala vishnou (Lefèbvre, 1827) (Oriental, India to Taiwan)

References[]

  1. ^ Trabala at Nomen.at
  2. ^ Classification of Genus: Trabala
  3. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Trabala Walker, 1856". Afromoths. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  5. ^ Savela, Markku. "Trabala Walker, 1856". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 5, 2017.


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