''Thyatira'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

moths Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

belonging to the subfamily

Thyatirinae The Thyatirinae, or false owlet moths, are a subfamily of the moth family Drepanidae with about 200 species described. Until recently, most classifications treated this group as a separate family called Thyatiridae. Taxonomy References * ...

of the

Drepanidae The Drepanidae are a family of moths with about 660 species described worldwide. They are generally divided in three subfamilies) which share the same type of hearing organ. Thyatirinae, previously often placed in their own family, bear a superf ...

. It was erected by

Ferdinand Ochsenheimer Ferdinand Ochsenheimer (17 March 1767 – 2 November 1822) was a German actor and entomologist (lepidopterist). Life Ochsenheimer was born and brought up in Mainz (then in the Electorate of Mainz) and began to show an interest in butterflie ...

in 1816.

Species

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Thyatira batis The peach blossom (''Thyatira batis'') is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. It is found throughout Europe and east through the Palearctic to Japan and Mong ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Thyatira bodemeyeri'' Bang-Haas, 1934 * '' Thyatira brasiliensis'' Werny, 1966 * '' Thyatira casta'' Felder, 1874 * ''

Thyatira cognata ''Thyatira cognata'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Warren in 1888. It is found in India (Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in ...

'' Warren, 1888 * ''

Thyatira delattini ''Thyatira delattini'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Werny in 1966. It is found in New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua Ne ...

'' (Werny, 1966) * ''

Thyatira dysimata ''Thyatira dysimata'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by West in 1932. It is found in the Philippines (Luzon Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the ...

'' West, 1932 * ''

Thyatira florina ''Thyatira florina'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Max Gaede in 1930. It is found on Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world' ...

'' (Gaede, 1930) * ''

Thyatira hedemanni ''Thyatira hedemanni'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1885. It is found in Georgia, Turkey, Armenia, Iran and Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Az ...

'' (Christoph, 1885) * ''

Thyatira mexicana ''Thyatira mexicana'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1884. It is found in the US state of Arizona Thyatira philippina ''Thyatira philippina'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Gyula M. László, Gábor Ronkay, László Aladár Ronkay and Thomas Joseph Witt in 2007. It is found on Mindanao in the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, ...

'' Laszlo, G. Ronkay, L. Ronkay & Witt, 2007 * ''

Thyatira staphyla ''Thyatira staphyla'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1890. It is found in Loja Province, Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of E ...

'' Dognin, 1890 * ''

Thyatira tama ''Thyatira tama'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by William Schaus William Schaus (January 11, 1858 in New York City – June 20, 1942) was an American entomologist who became known for his major contribution to the knowl ...

'' Schaus, 1933 * ''

Thyatira vicina ''Thyatira vicina'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in Java and Bali Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of ...

'' Guenée, 1852

Former species

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Thyatira rubrescens The peach blossom (''Thyatira batis'') is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. It is found throughout Europe and east through the Palearctic to Japan and Mong ...

'' Werny, 1966

References

Thyatirinae Drepanidae genera {{Thyatirinae-stub