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Thosea andamanica Holloway, 1987 Andaman I.
 Larva on
Barringtonia racemosa,
Cosos  Holloway, Cock & Desmier de Chenon, 1987, Slug & Nettle Caterpillars: 54 
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Thosea austrocaerulea Holloway, 1987 Philippines (Mindanao). See [maps] Philippines (Mindanao). See [maps]
- Thosea austrocaerulea;  [CoL]  
 
 
 Larva on
Cocos  Holloway, Cock & Desmier de Chenon, 1987, Slug & Nettle Caterpillars: 61 
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Thosea bipartita Hering, 1933 Thailand, Vietnam, NE.India, Bangladesh, Myanmar. See [maps] Thailand, Vietnam, NE.India, Bangladesh, Myanmar. See [maps]
 Larva on
Cocos nucifera,
Coffea sp.,
Erythrina sp.,
Gerbera sp.,
Ricinus communis,
Acacia auriculiformis,
A. mangium,
Azadirachta indica Solovyev & Witt, 2009,  Entomofauna Suppl. 16: 152 
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Thosea boreocaerulea Holloway, 1987 Philippines (Luzon). See [maps] Philippines (Luzon). See [maps]
- Thosea boreocaerulea;  [CoL]  
 
 
 Larva on
Cocos  Holloway, Cock & Desmier de Chenon, 1987, Slug & Nettle Caterpillars: 60 
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Thosea borneensis Hering, 1931 Borneo, Palawan. See [maps] Borneo, Palawan. See [maps]
 
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Thosea brunti Holloway, 1987 Assam. See [maps] Assam. See [maps]
 
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Thosea cataractae West, 1937 Malawi, Zambia. See [maps] Malawi, Zambia. See [maps]
 
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Thosea catori Bethune-Baker, 1908 Nigeria, Zaire, S.Sudan. See [maps] Nigeria, Zaire, S.Sudan. See [maps]
 
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Thosea cheesmanae Holloway, 1987 New Guinea. See [maps] New Guinea. See [maps]
 
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Thosea chrysoparala Tams, 1930 Ghana. See [maps] Ghana. See [maps]
- Thosea chrysoparala Tams, 1930; Bull. Ent. Res. 21 (4): 490,  pl. 22,  f. 4; TL: Gold Coast, Western Province, Atwabo
 
 
 
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Thosea curvinervis Hering, 1931 New Guinea, New Hanover, New Ireland. See [maps] New Guinea, New Hanover, New Ireland. See [maps]
 
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Thosea curvistriga Hering, 1931 S.China. See [maps] S.China. See [maps]
 
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Thosea ekeikei (Bethune-Baker, 1904) New Guinea. See [maps] New Guinea. See [maps]
 
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Thosea fluxa Snellen, 1900 Java, Sumatra. See [maps] Java, Sumatra. See [maps]
 
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Thosea griseafurca Holloway, 1986 Borneo. See [maps] Borneo. See [maps]
- Thosea griseafurca Holloway, 1986;  Malay Nat. J. 40: 107,  pl. 7; TL: Sarawak, Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped.
 
 
 
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Thosea kalisi Holloway, 1987 Sulawesi. See [maps] Sulawesi. See [maps]
 
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Thosea lipara West, 1937 Tenimber I.
 
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Thosea lutea Heylaerts, 1890 S.Vietnam, W.Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia, Sumatra, Bangka, Java, Nicobar I.. See [maps] S.Vietnam, W.Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia, Sumatra, Bangka, Java, Nicobar I.. See [maps]
- Thosea lutea; Hering, 1931, Gross-Schmett. Erde 10: 714,  pl. 89 e; [MOB1], 108,  pl. 7; Holloway, Cock & Desmier de Chenon, 1987, Slug & Nettle Caterpillars: 56; Solovyev & Witt, 2009,  Entomofauna Suppl. 16: 150; Singh, Ahmad, Chandra & Solovyev, 2021, Zootaxa 4927 (1): 127;  [LepIndex]  ;  [CoL]  ;  [iNaturalist]  ;  [MOB]  
 
 
 Larva on
Piper sp.,
Uncaria gambir,
Cocos nucifera,
Camellia sinensis,
Coffea arabica,
Elaeis guineensis Solovyev & Witt, 2009,  Entomofauna Suppl. 16: 150-151 
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Thosea magna Hering, 1931 Khasis, Nepal, Bhutan. See [maps] Khasis, Nepal, Bhutan. See [maps]
- Thosea magna; Holloway, Cock & Desmier de Chenon, 1987, Slug & Nettle Caterpillars: 50; Yoshimoto, 1994,  Tinea 14 (Suppl. 1): 87,  pl. 82,  f. 20; Wei & Wu, 2008, Acta Zootax. Sinica 33 (2): 387; Irungbam, Chib & Solovyev, 2017,  J. Threatened Taxa 9 (2): 9802;  [LepIndex]  ;  [CoL]  ;  [iNaturalist]  
 
 
 
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Thosea mediostrigata Hering, 1933 Peninsular Malaysia. See [maps] Peninsular Malaysia. See [maps]
- Thosea mediostrigata Hering, 1933; Stylops 2 (9): 213 (spell.?); TL: Malay Peninsula, Kuala Lumpur
 
 
 
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Thosea monoloncha (Meyrick, 1889) New Guinea, Sulawesi, Maluku, Kei. See [maps] New Guinea, Sulawesi, Maluku, Kei. See [maps]
 Larva on
Cocos  Holloway, Cock & Desmier de Chenon, 1987, Slug & Nettle Caterpillars: 62 
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Thosea nusateggara Holloway, 1987 Lombok, Sambawa, Flores, Timor. See [maps] Lombok, Sambawa, Flores, Timor. See [maps]
 
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Thosea pallifurca Holloway, 1986 Borneo. See [maps] Borneo. See [maps]
 
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Thosea penthima Turner, 1902 Queensland, .... See [maps] Queensland, .... See [maps]
 Larva on
Careya  Holloway, Cock & Desmier de Chenon, 1987, Slug & Nettle Caterpillars: 63 
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Thosea philippina Holloway, 1987 Philippines (Luzon). See [maps] Philippines (Luzon). See [maps]
 Larva on
Musa ,
Cocos  Holloway, Cock & Desmier de Chenon, 1987, Slug & Nettle Caterpillars: 47 
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Thosea platti West, 1937 S.Africa. See [maps] S.Africa. See [maps]
 
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Thosea rara Swinhoe, 1889 Burma. See [maps] Burma. See [maps]
 Larva on
Arachis sp.,
Erythrina sp.,
Eugenia sp.,
Musa sp. Holloway, Cock & Desmier de Chenon, 1987, Slug & Nettle Caterpillars: 52 
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Thosea rotundata Holloway, 1986 Borneo. See [maps] Borneo. See [maps]
- Thosea rotundata Holloway, 1986;  Malay Nat. J. 40: 106,  pl. 7; TL: Brunei, 15m, Telisai
 
 
 
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Thosea rufimacula Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Zaire, Mozambique, Tanzania. See [maps] Zaire, Mozambique, Tanzania. See [maps]
 
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Thosea serrata Hering, 1928 Cameroon. See [maps] Cameroon. See [maps]
 
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Thosea sevastopuloi Holloway, 1987 Nepal, N.India, Burma. See [maps] Nepal, N.India, Burma. See [maps]
 Larva on
Citrus sp.,
Cordia sp.,
Phoeix sp.,
Areca catechu Holloway, Cock & Desmier de Chenon, 1987, Slug & Nettle Caterpillars: 52 
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Thosea siamica Holloway, 1987 S.Thailand. See [maps] S.Thailand. See [maps]
 Larva on
Cocos ,
Elaeis  Holloway, Cock & Desmier de Chenon, 1987, Slug & Nettle Caterpillars: 49 
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Thosea sinensis (Walker, 1855) S.China (Hainan, Kwangsi, Kwangtung, Shantung, Hopeh), Taiwan, Korea. See [maps] S.China (Hainan, Kwangsi, Kwangtung, Shantung, Hopeh), Taiwan, Korea. See [maps]
- Anzabe sinensis Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 5: 1093
- Susica taiwana Shiraki, 1913; Formosa Argric. Exp. Stn Spec. Rep.  8: 399, 401 (spell. taiwania?)
- = ; Matsumura, 1931,  Insecta Matsumurana 5 (3): 110 (list); Hering, 1931, Gross-Schmett. Erde 10: 711; Holloway, Cock & Desmier de Chenon, 1987, Slug & Nettle Caterpillars: 49; Wei & Wu, 2008, Acta Zootax. Sinica 33 (2): 386
- =  (taiwania); Solovyev & Witt, 2009,  Entomofauna Suppl. 16: 149
- = ; Solovyev, 2017, Zool. Zh. 96 (10) Ent. Review 97 (8): 1146 (list); Irungbam, Chib & Solovyev, 2017,  J. Threatened Taxa 9 (2): 9802
 
- Thosea sinensis coreana Okano & Pak, 1964; Ann. Rep. Fac. Edu. Univ. Iwate: 6,  pl. 1,  f. 11; TL: Chongryangri, Seoul
 
 
- Thosea sinensis coreana;  [LepIndex]
- Thosea sinensis sinensis;  [iNaturalist]  
- Thosea sinensis; Hering, 1931, Gross-Schmett. Erde 10: 711,  pl. 88 k; Hering, 1933, Gross-Schmett. Erde 2 (Suppl.): 204; Matsumura, 1931,  Insecta Matsumurana 5 (3): 110 (list); Holloway, Cock & Desmier de Chenon, 1987, Slug & Nettle Caterpillars: 49; Wei & Wu, 2008, Acta Zootax. Sinica 33 (2): 386; Solovyev & Witt, 2009,  Entomofauna Suppl. 16: 149; Solovyev, 2017, Zool. Zh. 96 (10) Ent. Review 97 (8): 1146 (list); Irungbam, Chib & Solovyev, 2017,  J. Threatened Taxa 9 (2): 9802;  [LepIndex]  ;  [CoL]  ;  [iNaturalist]  
 
 
 Larva on
Cocos nucifera,
Coffea sp.,
Erythrina variegata,
Gerbera jamesonii,
Musa sp.,
Nicotiana tabacum,
Oryza sativa,
Ricinus communis,
Rosa sp.,
Ziziphus mauritiana,
Melia azedarach,
Camellia sinensis Solovyev & Witt, 2009,  Entomofauna Suppl. 16: 150 
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Thosea styx Holloway, 1987 Khasis. See [maps] Khasis. See [maps]
 
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Thosea sulutara Holloway, 1987 Sulawesi. See [maps] Sulawesi. See [maps]
 
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Thosea threnopis Turner, 1931 Queensland. See [maps] Queensland. See [maps]
 
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Thosea toxozona Tams, 1929 Angola. See [maps] Angola. See [maps]
- Thosea toxozona Tams, 1929; Bull. Hill Mus. 3: 169,  pl. 8,  f. 3; TL: Angola, Upper Cubango-Cunene Watershed, 5500ft
 
 
 
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Thosea trifurca Holloway, 1986 Borneo. See [maps] Borneo. See [maps]
- Thosea trifurca Holloway, 1986;  Malay Nat. J. 40: 108; TL: Malaysia, Sabah, 1km S Kundasang, 1530m
 
 
 
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Thosea undosa Fawcett, 1918 Kenya. See [maps] Kenya. See [maps]
 
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Thosea unifascia Walker, 1855 Java, Bali, ?N.Vietnam. See [maps] Java, Bali, ?N.Vietnam. See [maps]
- Thosea loesa; Hering, 1931, Gross-Schmett. Erde 10: 712,  pl. 88 k;  [LepIndex]  ;  [CoL]  ;  [iNaturalist]  
- Thosea unifascia; Hering, 1931, Gross-Schmett. Erde 10: 712,  pl. 88 k; Holloway, Cock & Desmier de Chenon, 1987, Slug & Nettle Caterpillars: 44; Solovyev & Witt, 2009,  Entomofauna Suppl. 16: 153 (?);  [LepIndex]  ;  [CoL]  
 
 
 Larva on
Musa sp.,
Phaseolus lunatus,
Cinchona sp.,
Erythrina lithosperma,
Mangifera foetida,
Psidium guajava,
Camellia sp.,
Citrus sp.,
Cordia sp.,
Phoenix sp.,
Punica granatum,
Shorea robusta Solovyev & Witt, 2009,  Entomofauna Suppl. 16: 153 
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Thosea unius Solovyev & Witt, 2009 N.Vietnam. See [maps] N.Vietnam. See [maps]
- Thosea unius Solovyev & Witt, 2009;  Entomofauna Suppl. 16: 153; TL: N.Vietnam, Mt Fan-si-pan, Chapa, 22°20N 103°40E
 
 
 
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Thosea vetusinua Holloway, 1986 Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo. See [maps] Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo. See [maps]
- Thosea vetusinua Holloway, 1986;  Malay Nat. J. 40: 109,  pl. 7; TL: Genting Tea Estate, 2000ft, W. Pahang, Malaysia
 
 
 
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Thosea vetusta (Walker, 1862) Tibet?, Borneo, W.Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi. See [maps] Tibet?, Borneo, W.Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi. See [maps]
- Thosea biguttata; Hering, 1931, Gross-Schmett. Erde 10: 713,  pl. 89 c;  [LepIndex]  
- Thosea vetusta; Hering, 1931, Gross-Schmett. Erde 10: 713,  pl. 89 c; [MOB1], 109,  pl. 7; Holloway, Cock & Desmier de Chenon, 1987, Slug & Nettle Caterpillars: 55; Wei & Wu, 2008, Acta Zootax. Sinica 33 (2): 389; Pan & Wu, 2015, Zootaxa 3999 (3): 399 (list);  [LepIndex]  ;  [CoL]  ;  [iNaturalist]  ;  [LEPIFORUM]  ;  [MOB]  
 
 
 Larva on
Acorus sp.,
Musa ,
Elaeis ,
Camellia  Holloway, Cock & Desmier de Chenon, 1987, Slug & Nettle Caterpillars: 56 
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Thosea vulturia Solovyev & Witt, 2009 N.Vietnam. See [maps] N.Vietnam. See [maps]
- Thosea vulturia Solovyev & Witt, 2009;  Entomofauna Suppl. 16: 152; TL: N.Vietnam, Mt Fan-si-pan, Ch-pa, 1600-1800m, 22.20N, 103.40E
 
 
 
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