Timora decorata (Moore, 1881)

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Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Heliothinae (subfamily)/  Timora (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Moore, 1881)
Citation:	Pradatta decorata, n. sp.
Original genus:	Pradatta
Publication:	Moore F. 1881a. Description of new genera and species of Asiatic nocturnal Lepidoptera.
Journal:	Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:	1881
Issue:	2
Pagination:	365
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759532

Timora decorata (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Heliothis by H. Hacker (2016a: 557).

Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Timora decorata (Moore, 1881)	Lectotype	♂	NHMUK	Lectotype ♂, designated by G. F. Hampson (1903a: 106), NHMUK	India	[India, Uttar Pradesh], Saidabad, leg. Atkinson.	Hampson G. F. 1903a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. IV. Noctuidae. page 365
Timora decorata (Moore, 1881)	Lectotype	♂	NHMUK	Paralectotypes 5♂, 1♀, NHMUK, MfN.	India	[India, Uttar Pradesh], Saidabad, leg. Atkinson.	Hampson G. F. 1903a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. IV. Noctuidae. page 365

Distribution note:

Oriental: India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka; Palaearctic: Afghanistan.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Timora decorata (Moore, 1881)	Gambia		Druce H. 1903. Descriptions of some new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera, chiefly from South America. page 201 (as albiseriata)
Timora decorata (Moore, 1881)	Ghana		Seymour P. R. 1972. A revision of the genus Masalia (Lepidoptera: Heliothidinae). page 29 (as metarhoda)
Timora decorata (Moore, 1881)	Kenya		Seymour P. R. 1972. A revision of the genus Masalia (Lepidoptera: Heliothidinae). page 27 (as albiseriata)
Timora decorata (Moore, 1881)	Mauritania		Hacker H. H. & Hausmann A. 2010. Noctuidae collected by Karlheinz Politzar in Bogué, Mauritania (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). page 144 (as albiseriata)
Timora decorata (Moore, 1881)	Niger		Rothschild W. 1921a. Captain Angus Buchanan's Aïr expedition. V. On the Lepidoptera collected by Captain A. Buchanan in northern Nigeria and the southern Sahara in 1919–1920. page 160 (as buchanani)
Timora decorata (Moore, 1881)	Nigeria		Hacker H. H. & Hausmann A. 2010. Noctuidae collected by Karlheinz Politzar in Bogué, Mauritania (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). page 144 (as albiseriata)
Timora decorata (Moore, 1881)	Saudi Arabia		Seymour P. R. 1972. A revision of the genus Masalia (Lepidoptera: Heliothidinae). page 27 (as albiseriata)
Timora decorata (Moore, 1881)	Senegal		Seymour P. R. 1972. A revision of the genus Masalia (Lepidoptera: Heliothidinae). page 27 (as albiseriata)
Timora decorata (Moore, 1881)	Sudan		Seymour P. R. 1972. A revision of the genus Masalia (Lepidoptera: Heliothidinae). page 29 (as metarhoda)
Timora decorata albiseriata Druce, 1903	Gambia		Druce H. 1903. Descriptions of some new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera, chiefly from South America. page 201
Timora decorata albiseriata Druce, 1903	Ghana		Seymour P. R. 1972. A revision of the genus Masalia (Lepidoptera: Heliothidinae). page 29 (as metarhoda)
Timora decorata albiseriata Druce, 1903	Kenya		Seymour P. R. 1972. A revision of the genus Masalia (Lepidoptera: Heliothidinae). page 27
Timora decorata albiseriata Druce, 1903	Mauritania		Hacker H. H. & Hausmann A. 2010. Noctuidae collected by Karlheinz Politzar in Bogué, Mauritania (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). page 144
Timora decorata albiseriata Druce, 1903	Niger		Rothschild W. 1921a. Captain Angus Buchanan's Aïr expedition. V. On the Lepidoptera collected by Captain A. Buchanan in northern Nigeria and the southern Sahara in 1919–1920. page 160 (as buchanani)
Timora decorata albiseriata Druce, 1903	Nigeria		Hacker H. H. & Hausmann A. 2010. Noctuidae collected by Karlheinz Politzar in Bogué, Mauritania (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). page 144
Timora decorata albiseriata Druce, 1903	Saudi Arabia		Seymour P. R. 1972. A revision of the genus Masalia (Lepidoptera: Heliothidinae). page 27
Timora decorata albiseriata Druce, 1903	Senegal		Seymour P. R. 1972. A revision of the genus Masalia (Lepidoptera: Heliothidinae). page 27
Timora decorata albiseriata Druce, 1903	Sudan		Seymour P. R. 1972. A revision of the genus Masalia (Lepidoptera: Heliothidinae). page 29 (as metarhoda)

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Timora decorata (1)

Timora decorata albiseriata (1)

Timora decorata albiseriata (2)

Timora decorata albiseriata (3)

Timora decorata buchanani (1)

Timora decorata metarhoda (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Timora decorata albiseriata Druce, 1903	Druce, 1903	subspecies	Accepted	Timora decorata albiseriata
Timora decorata buchanani Rothschild, 1921	Rothschild, 1921	subspecies	Synonym	Timora decorata buchanani
Timora decorata metarhoda Druce, 1903	Druce, 1903	subspecies	Synonym	Timora decorata metarhoda

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination