Trabala

Trabala
Trabala sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lasiocampidae
Subfamily:	Lasiocampinae
Genus:	Trabala Walker, 1856
Type species
Amydona prasina Walker

Trabala is a genus of moth in the family Lasiocampidae.^[1][2] The species are confined to China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Java.

Description

Palpi somewhat short and slight. Antennae with branches shorter in females than in male. Mid and hind tibia with a minute terminal pair of spurs. Fore wings are broad, with rounded outer margin, where the cell is open. The stalk of veins 9 and 10 very long. Hind wings with open cell. Veins 6 and 7 arising very near the base. Accessory costal veinlets are absent.^[3]

Species

Some species of this genus are:^[4][5]

• Trabala aethiopica (Strand, 1912) (from Congo/Eq.Guinea)
• Trabala bouraq Holloway, 1987 (from Brunei)
• Trabala burchardii (Dewitz, 1881) (from Angola/Cameroon/Kenya)
• Trabala charon Druce, 1910 (from Central Africa)
• Trabala ganesha Roepke, 1951 (from Sundaland)
• Trabala garuda Roepke, 1951 (from Borneo/Sumatra)
• Trabala gautama Roepke, 1951 (from Malaysia/Borneo/Sumatra)
• Trabala hantu Roepke, 1951 (from Borneo/Sumatra)
• Trabala irrorata Moore, 1884 (from Sundaland/Philippines)
• Trabala krishna Roepke, 1951 (from Sundaland)
• Trabala lambourni Bethune-Baker, 1911 (from Congo/Nigeria)
• Trabala pallida (Walker, 1855) (from Sundaland/China)
• Trabala prasinophena Tams, 1931 (from Congo)
• Trabala rotundapex Holloway, 1976 (from Borneo)
• Trabala shiva Roepke, 1951 (from Sundaland)
• Trabala sulphurea (Kollar, 1848) (from India)
• Trabala viridana Joicey & Talbot, 1917 (from Sumatra/Borneo/Malaysia)
• Trabala vishnou (Lefèbvre, 1827) (Oriental, India to Taiwan)

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