Trabala is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae described by Francis Walker in 1856.[1][2]
Description
Palpi somewhat short and slight. Antennae with branches shorter in females than in males. Mid and hind tibia with a minute terminal pair of spurs. Forewings are broad, with rounded outer margin, where the cell is open. The stalk of veins 9 and 10 very long. Hindwings with open cell. Veins 6 and 7 arising very near the base. Accessory costal veinlets are absent.[3]
Species
Some species of this genus are:[4][5]
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Trabala aethiopica (Strand, 1912) (from Congo/Eq.Guinea)
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Trabala bouraq Holloway, 1987 (from Brunei)
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Trabala burchardii (Dewitz, 1881) (from Angola/Cameroon/Kenya)
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Trabala charon Druce, 1910 (from Central Africa)
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Trabala ganesha Roepke, 1951 (from Sundaland)
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Trabala garuda Roepke, 1951 (from Borneo/Sumatra)
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Trabala gautama Roepke, 1951 (from Malaysia/Borneo/Sumatra)
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Trabala hantu Roepke, 1951 (from Borneo/Sumatra)
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Trabala irrorata Moore, 1884 (from Sundaland/Philippines)
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Trabala krishna Roepke, 1951 (from Sundaland)
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Trabala lambourni Bethune-Baker, 1911 (from Congo/Nigeria)
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Trabala pallida (Walker, 1855) (from Sundaland/China)
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Trabala prasinophena Tams, 1931 (from Congo)
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Trabala rotundapex Holloway, 1976 (from Borneo)
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Trabala shiva Roepke, 1951 (from Sundaland)
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Trabala sulphurea (Kollar, 1848) (from India)
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Trabala viridana Joicey & Talbot, 1917 (from Sumatra/Borneo/Malaysia)
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Trabala vishnou (Lefèbvre, 1827) (Oriental, India to Taiwan)
References
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