Species Thumatha fuscescens Walker, 1866

Thumatha fuscescens Walker, 1866, male

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• Thumatha fuscescens Walker, F. 1866. Supplement 5. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 35: 1534-2040 [incl. Summary and Index to parts 31-35] [1901].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Arct. 748 ♂, Moreton Bay, Queensland.

  Type locality references:

  Durante, A. 2007. I lepidotteri del delta del Niger (settimo contributo). Genus Thumatha Walker (Arctiidae: Lithosiinae), con descrizione della nuova specie Thumatha lunaris. Thalassia Salentina, Porto Cesareo 30: 81-92.
• Scaeodora rava Lucas, T.P. 1890. On Queensland and other Australian macro-lepidoptera, with localities, and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4(4): 1065-1099 [1079].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA 31-002209, 31-002212, 31-002210, 31-002211, 31-002213, Brisbane, Queensland.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

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