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Trabala

Trabala is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae described by Francis Walker in 1856.

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Trabala
Trabala vishnou
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lasiocampidae
Subfamily: Lasiocampinae
Genus: Trabala
Walker, 1856
Type species
Amydona prasina
Walker, 1855

Trabala is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae described by Francis Walker in 1856.12

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:45

  • Trabala aethiopica (Strand, 1912) (from Congo/Eq.Guinea)
  • Trabala bouraq 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)
  • Trabala garuda Roepke, 1951 (from Borneo/Sumatra)
  • Trabala gautama Roepke, 1951 (from Malaysia/Borneo/Sumatra)
  • Trabala hantu Roepke, 1951 (from Borneo/Sumatra)
  • Trabala irrorata Moore, 1884 (from Sundaland/Philippines)
  • Trabala krishna Roepke, 1951 (from Sundaland)
  • Trabala lambourni Bethune-Baker, 1911 (from Congo/Nigeria)
  • Trabala pallida (Walker, 1855) (from Sundaland/China)
  • Trabala prasinophena Tams, 1931 (from Congo)
  • Trabala rotundapex Holloway, 1976 (from Borneo)
  • Trabala shiva Roepke, 1951 (from Sundaland)
  • Trabala sulphurea (Kollar, 1848) (from India)
  • Trabala viridana Joicey & Talbot, 1917 (from Sumatra/Borneo/Malaysia)
  • Trabala vishnou (Lefèbvre, 1827) (Oriental, India to Taiwan)
References

References

  1. "Trabala - Nomen.at - animals and plants". nomen.at. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  2. "Search". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  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.