[HOME] [INDEXES] < Life < Insecta < Lepidoptera < Ditrysia < Noctuoidea < Noctuidae < Acontiinae
prev <   > next Scientific names Finnish: Finnish names English: English names
AllHyperstrotia <  > Neotarache Thioptera  (thioptera)  (thioptera)
       
       
Thioptera Franclemont, 1950
Thioptera Franclemont, 1950; Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 52 (5): 271 (repl. Xanthoptera Guenée, 1852), TS: Xanthoptera nigrofimbria Guenée
Xanthoptera Guenée, 1852; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 6 (Noct. 2) : 240 (preocc. Sodoffsky, 1837), TS: Xanthoptera nigrofimbria Guenée
= ; [NACL, 132]; [POOLE]
Flavala Berio, 1966
= ; [NACL, 132]; [POOLE]
Thioptera (Eustrotiini) ; [NACL, 132]
Thioptera (Acontiinae) ; [POOLE]
Thioptera aurifera (Walker, [1858])
S.USA - Brazil, Antilles. See [About maps] Xanthoptera aurifera Walker, [1858]; 819, TL: Brazil
Xanthoptera tripuncta Möschler, 1890; 158, TL: Puerto Rico
= ; [NACL, #9045]; [POOLE]
Thioptera aurifera, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
 Thioptera aurifera ; [NACL, #9045]; [POOLE]
Thioptera aurifere[sic] ; Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 28, f. 162
Misidentified/misapplied:
Xanthoptera nigrofimbria; Druce, 1889, in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 316
Thioptera auruda (Schaus, 1898)
Brazil (São Paulo, ...). See [About maps] Xanthoptera auruda Schaus, 1898; 118, TL: Brazil, São Paulo
Thioptera auruda ; [POOLE]
Thioptera furcata (Walker, [1858])
Brazil. See [About maps] Xanthoptera furcata Walker, [1858]; 819, TL: Brazil
Thioptera furcata ; [POOLE]
Thioptera intensifica (Dyar, 1914)
Panama. See [About maps] Xanthoptera intensifica Dyar, 1914; Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050) : 198, TL: La Chorrera; Trinidad River; Corozal
Thioptera intensifica ; [POOLE]
Thioptera nigrofimbria (Guenée, 1852)
Xanthoptera nigrofimbria Guenée, 1852; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 6 (Noct. 2) : 241, Atlas (Noctuelites): pl. 10, f. 12, TL: North America
Thioptera nigrofimbria, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Thioptera nigrofimbria, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Thioptera nigrofimbria, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Thioptera nigrofimbria, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
 Thioptera nigrofimbria ; [NACL, #9044]; [POOLE]

Larva on Digitaria ischaemum

Thioptera obliquata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
Cuba. See [About maps] Xanthoptera obliquata Herrich-Schäffer, 1868; 152, TL: Cuba
Thioptera obliquata ; [POOLE]
Thioptera rufescens (Hampson, 1910)
Brazil (Bahia, ...). See [About maps] Xanthoptera rufescens Hampson, 1910; 655, pl. 168, f. 20, TL: Brazil, Bahia
Thioptera rufescens ; [POOLE]

17.3.2011 (7)

References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BAMONA]
Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA]
electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[Bruce Walsh]
Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona
[GALEPS]
Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[NACL]
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
[POOLE]
Poole, R. W, 1989; Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series, Fasc. 118)
[Pierre Zagatti]
WWW pages; Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles; e-mail: Pierre Zagatti

Some related literature:
Becker & Miller, 2002
The large moths of Guana Island, British Virgin Islands: a survey of efficient colonizers J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 9-44
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Sixiéme. Noctuélites. Tome 2 Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 6 (Noct. 2) : 1-443, Atlas (Noctuelites): pl. 1-24 (1858)
Dyar, 1914
Report on the lepidoptera of the Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Canal Zone Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050) : 139-350
Franclemont, 1950
A new generic name (Lepidoptera, Phalaenidae, Acontiinae) Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 52 (5)
Druce in Godman & Salvin, 1889
Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-101

If you have corrections, comments or information to add into these pages, just send mail to Markku Savela
Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.