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to New
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(
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), and Africa.
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The genus
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is defined on the basis of the following characters: i) generally brown and grey species, often with a dark discal spot on forewing, ii) forewing postmedial line, when present, more or less oblique or straight and iii) apex of fore tibia with a white spot (except in the
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species group). In the male genitalia, the valva has a whiplash-like furca that initially loops interiorly from the sacculus before passing over the anterior surface where, in some species, it may articulate with a flap arising subcostally on the valva. This flap may be a generic feature that has been lost in Sundanian taxa (
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). However, according to
<bibRefCitation id="70724B3F3B5DFF8CFB39BDE5C18500EE" author="Holloway, J. D. &amp; Cock, M. J. W. &amp; Desmier De Chenon, R." box="[1174,1431,1677,1703]" pageId="3" pageNumber="126" pagination="15 - 117" refId="ref5322" refString="Holloway, J. D., Cock, M. J. W. &amp; Desmier De Chenon, R. (1987) Systematic account of South-east Asian pest Limacodidae. In: Cock, M. J. W., Godfray, H. C. J. &amp; Holloway, J. D. (Eds.), Slug and Nettle Caterpillars. CAB International, Wallingford, pp. 15 - 117." type="book chapter" year="1987">
Holloway
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(1987)
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, the most definitive feature of the genus is exhibited by the oval and usually green larva, in the form of a narrow, white, pale yellow or blue dorsal stripe.
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<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5DFF8CFF68BD91C587015A" bold="true" box="[199,405,1785,1811]" pageId="3" pageNumber="126">Taxonomic notes.</emphasis>
Originally, the genus
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was described in the family
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, subsequently,
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transferred it to
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. For a long time, the genus remained a catchall for many species (
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).
<bibRefCitation id="70724B3F3B5DFF8CFF38BC29C54B0115" author="Holloway, J. D." box="[151,345,1857,1884]" pageId="3" pageNumber="126" pagination="1 - 166" refId="ref5282" refString="Holloway, J. D. (1986) The Moths of Borneo: Key to Families Cossidae, Metarbelidae, Ratardidae, Dugdeonidae, Epipyropidae and Limacodidae. The Malayan Nature Journal, 40, 1 - 166." type="journal article" year="1986">Holloway (1986)</bibRefCitation>
and
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Holloway
<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5DFF8CFDA4BC2AC62C0112" box="[523,574,1857,1883]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="126">et al</emphasis>
. (1987)
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published two important works in which the authors redefined and reviewed the Asian species of
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<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5DFF8CFE49BC0DC6250136" box="[486,567,1893,1919]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="126">Thosea</emphasis>
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by transferring the species which were misplaced in it, to new or other genera.
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Holloway
<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5DFF8CFEA2BCE2C52C01EA" box="[269,318,1929,1955]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="126">et al</emphasis>
. (1987)
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divided the genus into three groups: i) the first group, comprising the
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<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5DFF8CFB03BCE1C0F601EA" box="[1196,1252,1929,1955]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="126">lutea</emphasis>
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group of species along with some of the
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species and all of those distributed from Sulawesi eastwards, is defined by loss of the fore tibial white spot, ii) the second group, including most of the Sundanian species,
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<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5DFF8BFA27BCBAC4FC06F9" italics="true" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="127" pageId="3" pageNumber="126">T. siamica</emphasis>
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and
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, is characterized by loss of the subcostal flap on the valva that articulates with the furca and iii) the third group, encompassing most of the mainland Asian species together with some of the Sundanian species, is characterized by “shouldering” of the uncus into a broad, somewhat setose basal part and a slender, tapering distal part. According to
<bibRefCitation id="70724B3F3B5AFF8BFD46BA6BC7EF0754" author="Solovyev, A. V. &amp; Witt, T. J." box="[745,1021,259,285]" pageId="4" pageNumber="127" pagination="33 - 229" refId="ref6083" refString="Solovyev, A. V. &amp; Witt, T. J. (2009) The Limacodidae of Vietnam. Entomofauna, Supplement 16, 33 - 229." type="journal article" year="2009">Solovyev &amp; Witt (2009)</bibRefCitation>
, the genus includes about 45 species worldwide with the following seven recorded from
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:
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<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5AFF8BFC85BA4FC78D0709" box="[810,927,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="127">T. sinensis</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5AFF8BFBE3BA4FC0A60709" box="[1100,1204,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="127">T. magna</emphasis>
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,
<taxonomicName id="D3E34D4D3B5AFF8BFACEBA4FC597072C" authority="Hering, 1933" authorityName="Hering" authorityYear="1933" class="Insecta" family="Limacodidae" genus="Thosea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bipartita">
<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5AFF8BFACEBA4FC4F1072D" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="127">T. bipartita</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5AFF8BFE3EBA23C5B3072D" box="[401,417,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="127">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5AFF8BFE1EBA23C62F072C" box="[433,573,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="127">sevastopuloi</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5AFF8BFCA6BA23C7A2072C" box="[777,944,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="127">T. andamanica</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5AFF8BFBD1BA23C0CD072C" box="[1150,1247,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="127">T. brunti</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="2697EADC3B5AFF8BFF68BA07C51C07C1" box="[199,270,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="127">T. styx</emphasis>
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.
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