Thiacidas postica Walker, 1855

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FAMILY Noctuidae
SUBFAMILY Pantheinae
GENUS Thiacidas
SPECIES postica
AUTHORWalker, 1855
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONThiacidas postica
TYPE LOCALITYNepal.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Walker F. 1855c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V.- Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 5:i-iv, 977-1257.
PAGINATION 1028

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
cheituna (Brandt, 1939) Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Bahrain   Wiltshire E. P. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain. - Journal of the Bombay natural History Society 61(1):119-141, pls 1-3. 136
Chad Tibesti Herbulot C. & Viette P. 1952. Mission de l'Office National Antiacridien au Tibesti-Tchad (1949). Lépidoptères Hétérocères. - Annales de la Société entomologique de France 121:77-92. 83
Oman   Wiltshire E. P. 1977b. The scientific results of the Oman flora and fauna survey 1975. Lepidoptera: Part I Families Cossidae, Pyralidae, Geometridae, Sphingidae, Arctiidae, Lymantriidae and Noctuidae. Part II A list of further Lepidoptera-Heterocera from Oman. Part III Pyral... - Journal of Oman Studies Special Rep. 1:155-178. 172
Saudi Arabia   Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. - In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. - Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2:179-240. 227
United Arab Emirates   Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. - Tribulus 8(2):5-8. 8

Notes:  Oriental: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Iran, Nepal.

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Rhamnaceae Ziziphus sp. India Mehra B. P. & Sah B. N. 1970. Bionomics of Thiacidas postica Walker (Lepidoptera Noctuidae), a pest of Zizyphus mauritiana Lamarck. - Indian Journal of Entomology 32(2):145-151. 145
Rhamnaceae Ziziphus mauritiana India Mehra B. P. & Sah B. N. 1970. Bionomics of Thiacidas postica Walker (Lepidoptera Noctuidae), a pest of Zizyphus mauritiana Lamarck. - Indian Journal of Entomology 32(2):145-151. 145
Rhamnaceae Ziziphus spinachristi India Gardner J. C. M. 1941. Immature stages of India Lepidoptera [parts (2)-(3)]. - Indian Forest Records 6(8):253-298; (9): 299-314.. 253
Rhamnaceae Ziziphus spinachristi Bahrain Wiltshire E. P. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain. - Journal of the Bombay natural History Society 61(1):119-141, pls 1-3. 136