Thalassodes

Thalassodes
	T. immissaria, Sri Lanka
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Hemitheini
Genus:	Thalassodes; Guenée, 1857

Thalassodes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857.

Description

Palpi with second joint clothed with hair and reaching the apex of the short frontal tuft. Third joint naked and porrect (extending forward). Antennae of male usually bipectinate (comb like on both sides) to two-thirds length. Hind tibia usually dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long hair. Forewings with veins 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked or vein 6 from cell. Hindwings with angled or produced outer margin to a point at vein 4.^[1]

Species

Thalassodes byrsopis Meyrick, 1886
Thalassodes chloropsis Meyrick, 1886
Thalassodes curiosa Swinhoe, 1902
Thalassodes depulsata Walker, 1861
Thalassodes dissepta Walker, 1861
Thalassodes dissista (Walker, 1861)
Thalassodes dissitoides Holloway, 1996
Thalassodes dorsilinea Warren, 1903
Thalassodes halioscia Warren, 1912
Thalassodes immissaria Walker, 1861
Thalassodes intaminata Inoue, 1971
Thalassodes linguissita Holloway, 1996
Thalassodes maipoensis Galsworthy, 1997
Thalassodes minor Prout, 1933
Thalassodes opalina Butler 1880
Thalassodes opalinoides Holloway, 1996
Thalassodes pilaria Guenée, 1857
Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1857
Thalassodes rhytiphorus (Lower, 1893)
Thalassodes sundissepta Holloway, 1996
Thalassodes veraria Guenée, 1857
Thalassodes viridifascia Swinhoe, 1908

References

^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
Savela, Markku. "Thalassodes Guenée, 1857". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
Hongxiang Han & Dayong Xue (2011). "Thalassodes and related taxa of emerald moths in China (Geometridae, Geometrinae)". Zootaxa. 3019:26-50.

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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