Thelosia Schaus 1896

Thelosia is a genus of moths of the Apatelodidae family.^[1] It was first described in 1896 by William Schaus^[a], 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:^[1]

• 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^[2]
• Thelosia phalaena Schaus, 1896
• Thelosia postflavida Draudt, 1929
• Thelosia resputa Draudt, 1929
• Thelosia truncata (Schaus, 1894) – originally described as Trabala (?) truncata^[3]
• Thelosia truvena Schaus, 1896

References

• Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Thelosia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.