Thelosia
Sign in to saveThelosia is a genus of moths of the family Apatelodidae. It was first described in 1896 by William Schaus, containing at the time three species: Thelosia phalaena, T. camina and T. truvena. Since then, several additional species have been described.
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Thelosia is a genus of moths of the family Apatelodidae. It was first described in 1896 by William Schaus, containing at the time three species: Thelosia phalaena, T. camina and T. truvena. Since then, several additional species have been described.
==Species== Per Kitching et al. 2018, the genus contains the following species: Thelosia camina Schaus, 1896 Thelosia herta Schaus, 1939 Thelosia impedita Dyar, 1928 Thelosia jorgenseni Schaus, 1927 Thelosia mayaca Schaus, 1939 Thelosia meldola Schaus, 1900 Thelosia minois (Schaus, 1892) – originally described as Tarchon minois Thelosia phalaena Schaus, 1896 Thelosia postflavida Draudt, 1929 Thelosia resputa Draudt, 1929 Thelosia truncata (Schaus, 1894) – originally described as Trabala (?) truncata Thelosia truvena Schaus, 1896
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