Trabala
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''Trabala'' 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 family
Lasiocampidae The Lasiocampidae are a family of moths also known as eggars, tent caterpillars, snout moths (although this also refers to the Pyralidae), or lappet moths. Over 2,000 species occur worldwide, and probably not all have been named or studied. It i ...
described by Francis Walker in 1856.


Description

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


Species

Some species of this genus are: *'' 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)


References

Lasiocampidae {{Lasiocampidae-stub