Tifama chera

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Tifama chera
Illustrations of Exotic Entomology Noctua Chera.jpg
Dorsal view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Genus:Tifama
Walker, 1855
Species:T. chera
Binomial name
Tifama chera
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • ChaetognathaFelder, 1874
  • Noctua cheraDrury, 1773
  • Lusura chera(Drury, 1773)
  • Phalaena altrix Stoll, [1780]
  • Phalaena megalops Sepp, 1848
  • Tifama simois Walker, 1855

Tifama chera is a species of prominent moth in the family Notodontidae. The only species currently placed in genus Tifama, it was first described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Surinam. It is also found in Brazil.

Notodontidae family of insects

Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,800 known species. Moths of this family are found in all parts of the world, but they are most concentrated in tropical areas, especially in the New World. The Thaumetopoeidae are sometimes included here as a subfamily.

Dru Drury British entomologist (1725–1804)

Dru Drury was a British entomologist.

Brazil Federal republic in South America

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers and with over 208 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the fifth most populous. Brazil borders every South American country except Chile and Ecuador. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populated city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states, the Federal District, and the 5,570 municipalities. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world.

Description

Upper side: antennae setaceous. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish russet. Wings grey ash-coloured, the anterior having a dark brown irregular line running near the posterior and external edges to the anterior near the tips. Posterior wings immaculate. Under side: the same colours as the upper, without any marks. Margins of the wings entire. Wing-span nearly 2½ inches (60 mm). [1]

Thorax (insect anatomy) body part of an arthropod

The thorax is the midsection (tagma) of the insect body. It holds the head, legs, wings and abdomen. It is also called mesosoma in other arthropods.

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References

  1. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John, ed. Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 2. pp. 38-39. pl. XX.