Thomas Horsfield was an American physician and naturalist who worked extensively in Indonesia, describing numerous species of plants and animals from the region. He was later a curator of the East India Company Museum in London.
Cyana is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.
Euchromia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Ugia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1858.
Egnasia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Hadennia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1885.
Ilema is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Walker in 1855 and renamed by Moore in 1860, because Walker's chosen name was preoccupied.
Nygmia is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1820.
Ambulyx moorei, the cinnamon gliding hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1858. It is found in Sri Lanka, southern and eastern India, the Nicobar Islands and Andaman Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, southern China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
Batocera is a genus of the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lamiinae, close to the genus Rosenbergia.
Euthalia monina, the powdered baron or Malay baron, is a species of nymphalid butterfly. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1859.
Amata wallacei is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1859. It is found on Java, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.
Lineopalpa horsfieldi is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in the Himalayas, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Luzon, Sulawesi, Seram and New Guinea.
Katha prabana is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1859. It is found on the Sula Islands, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Sulawesi, the Moluccas and in Myanmar. The habitat consists of lowland areas.
Euchromia polymena is a species of day flying moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. These moths are vibrantly coloured and look like wasps so known as Wasp moth or Painted handmaiden moth. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in India and south-eastern Asia, as well as on Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and the Philippines. It is also present in the northern part of Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
Nishada sambara is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1859. It is found on Sumatra, Borneo, Java, the Sangihe Islands, Bali and the Philippines. The habitat consists of lowland forests.
Odonestis vita is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1859. Three former subspecies are now recognized as separate species.
Phalera grotei, or Grote's buff-tip, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1859. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, China, Thailand, Korea, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Indonesia to Sumatra and Borneo.
Altha adala is a moth of the family Limacodidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1859. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Java, Bali, Borneo, and Sumatra.
