''Thagona'' is a genus of
moth
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 w ...
s in the subfamily
Lymantriinae
The Lymantriinae (formerly called the Lymantriidae) are a subfamily of moths of the family Erebidae. The taxon was erected by George Hampson in 1893.
Many of its component species are referred to as "tussock moths" of one sort or another. The cat ...
. The genus was erected by
Heinrich Benno Möschler
Heinrich Benno Möschler (28 October 1831, in Herrnhut – 21 November 1888, in Kronförstchen, near Bautzen) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.
Möschler was a butterfly dealer and a member of the Entomological Society of S ...
in 1883.
Species
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Thagona amalita''
(Schaus, 1921) southern Brazil
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Thagona begga''
(Stoll, 781
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Suriname
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Thagona bilinea''
(Schaus, 1904) Guyana
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Thagona caramata''
(Dognin, 1920) Ecuador
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Thagona crassilinea''
(Dognin, 1923) French Guiana
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Thagona distincta''
(H. Druce, 1906) Peru
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Thagona elmira''
Schaus, 1927 Bolivia
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Thagona errans''
(Schaus, 1920) Guatemala
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Thagona fusca''
(H. Druce, 1906) Peru
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Thagona grisea''
(Schaus, 1896) São Paulo in Brazil
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Thagona hedila''
(H. Druce, 1906) Peru
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Thagona impura''
(Schaus, 1896) São Paulo in Brazil
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Thagona limula''
(Dognin, 1923) Amazonas in Brazil
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Thagona lojana''
Schaus, 1927 Ecuador
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Thagona mentor''
(Dyar, 1910) French Guiana
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Thagona modificata''
(H. Druce, 1906) Peru
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Thagona nigrisparsus''
(Butler, 1878) Amazonas in Brazil
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Thagona nivea''
(Stoll, 780
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Suriname
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Thagona nox''
(H. Druce, 1906) Peru
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Thagona ochreata''
(Schaus, 1915) southern Brazil
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Thagona parmata''
(H. Druce, 1906) Brazil
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Thagona partalba''
(Schaus, 1915) southern Brazil
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Thagona parthenica''
(Dyar, 1910) Guyana
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Thagona persimilis''
Draudt, 1927
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Thagona postropaea''
(Dyar, 1914) French Guiana
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Thagona punctifimbriata''
(Dognin, 1923) Colombia
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Thagona punctuada''
(Dognin, 1894) Ecuador
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Thagona pura''
(Walker, 1856) Panama, Amazonas in Brazil
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Thagona roseidorsum''
(Schaus, 1915) south-eastern Brazil
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Thagona rufidorsata''
(H. Druce, 1906) Peru
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Thagona suppura''
(Dyar, 1910) French Guiana
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Thagona tarsalis''
(Walker, 1855) Pará in Brazil
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Thagona taus''
(Dyar, 1910) French Guiana
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Thagona tibialis''
(Walker, 1855) Guatemala, Honduras, Panama
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Thagona unicolor''
(Schaus, 1920) Paraná in Brazil
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Thagona uniformis''
Möschler, 1883 Suriname, French Guiana
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Thagona unilinea''
(Dognin, 1916) Guyana, Amazonas in Brazil
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Thagona votis''
(Schaus, 1920) Guatemala
References
Lymantriini
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