''Trabala'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Lasiocampidae
The Lasiocampidae are a family of moths also known as eggars, tent caterpillars, snout moths (although this also refers to the Pyralidae), or lappet moths. Over 2,000 species occur worldwide, and probably not all have been named or studied. It i ...
described by
Francis Walker in 1856.
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.
Species
Some species of this genus are:
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Trabala aethiopica''
(Strand, 1912) (from Congo/Eq.Guinea)
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Trabala bouraq''
Holloway, 1987 (from Brunei)
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Trabala burchardii''
(Dewitz, 1881) (from Angola/Cameroon/Kenya)
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Trabala charon''
Druce, 1910 (from Central Africa)
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Trabala ganesha''
Roepke, 1951 (from Sundaland)
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Trabala garuda''
Roepke, 1951 (from Borneo/Sumatra)
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Trabala gautama
''Trabala'' is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1856.
Description
Palpi somewhat short and slight. Antennae with branches shorter in females than in males. Mid and hind tib ...
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Roepke, 1951 (from Malaysia/Borneo/Sumatra)
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Trabala hantu
''Trabala'' is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae described by Francis Walker in 1856.
Description
Palpi somewhat short and slight. Antennae with branches shorter in females than in males. Mid and hind tibia with a minute terminal pair ...
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Roepke, 1951 (from Borneo/Sumatra)
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Trabala irrorata''
Moore, 1884 (from Sundaland/Philippines)
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Trabala krishna''
Roepke, 1951 (from Sundaland)
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Trabala lambourni
''Trabala lambourni'' is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1911. It is found in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Biology
A known host plant is ''Terminalia catappa
''Terminal ...
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Bethune-Baker, 1911 (from Congo/Nigeria)
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Trabala pallida
''Trabala pallida'' is a species of moth in the family Lasiocampidae. They can be found from Southeast China, south throughout Thailand and most of Sundaland. One subspecies is ''Trabala pallida montana''.
Description Eggs
Eggs of this species ...
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(Walker, 1855) (from Sundaland/China)
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Trabala prasinophena
''Trabala prasinophena'' is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae first described by Willie Horace Thomas Tams in 1931. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo ...
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Tams, 1931 (from Congo)
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Trabala rotundapex
''Trabala'' is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae described by Francis Walker in 1856.
Description
Palpi somewhat short and slight. Antennae with branches shorter in females than in males. Mid and hind tibia with a minute terminal pair ...
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Holloway, 1976 (from Borneo)
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Trabala shiva
''Trabala'' is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae described by Francis Walker in 1856.
Description
Palpi somewhat short and slight. Antennae with branches shorter in females than in males. Mid and hind tibia with a minute terminal pair ...
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Roepke, 1951 (from Sundaland)
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Trabala sulphurea
''Trabala'' is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae described by Francis Walker in 1856.
Description
Palpi somewhat short and slight. Antennae with branches shorter in females than in males. Mid and hind tibia with a minute terminal pair ...
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(Kollar, 1848) (from India)
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Trabala viridana''
Joicey & Talbot, 1917 (from Sumatra/Borneo/Malaysia)
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Trabala vishnou
''Trabala vishnou'', the rose-myrtle lappet moth, is a species of moth in the family Lasiocampidae. It is found in southern Asia, including Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Indonesia. F ...
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(Lefèbvre, 1827) (Oriental, India to Taiwan)
References
Lasiocampidae
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