Thiacidas

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