Thalassodes

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Geometrinae
Tribus: Thalassodini
Genus: Thalassodes
Species: T. antiquadraria – T. antithetica – T. bacanensis – T. camerunalta – T. clarifimbria – T. curiosa – T. depulsata – T. diaphana – T. dissitoides – T. falsaria – T. figurata – T. floccosa – T. germinaria – T. giganteus – T. grandis – T. griseifimbria – T. hypocrites – T. immissaria – T. indistantus – T. intaminata – T. maipoensis – T. malukuensis – T. mantillerii – T. maximus – T. opalina – T. pantascia – T. pilaria – T. proquadraria – T. pseudosulawesus – T. spathulatus – T. subquadraria – T. sulawesus – T. venus – T. vickyae – T. viridicaput – T. viridifascia – T. viridulus – T. yazakii
Name

Thalassodes Guenée, 1857

Type species: Thalassodes pilaria Guenée, 1857

Thalassodes quadraria

References

Bolotov, I.N., Matyot, P., Bippus, M., Spitsyn, V.M., Kolosova, Yu.S. & Kondakov, A.V. 2016. Redescription of Thalassodes antithetica Herbulot, 1962, an endemic moth from Inner Seychelles (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae). Zootaxa 4139(1): 135–139. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.1.10. Reference page.
Han, H.-X. & D.-Y. Dong, 2011: Thalassodes and related taxa of emerald moths in China (Geometridae: eometrinae).Zootaxa, 3019: 26–50. Preview PDF.
Inoue, H., 2003: The genera Thalassodes Guennée, Pelagodes Holloway (Geometrinae) and Cleora Curtis (Ennominae) from Micronesia (Geometridae). Tinea 17 (5): 278.
Inoue, H., 2005: Notes on Thalassodes group of moths (Geometridae: Geometrinae) from Taiwan, with description of a new species. Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 56 (4): 279–286.
Inoue, H., 2006: Thalassodes-group of Emerald Moths from Sulawesi and the Philippine Islands (Geometridae, Geometrinae), Tinea 19 (3): 214–243.
Robinson, G.S., 1968: Some new species of Lepidoptera from the Fiji Islands. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 80: 249–255.
Sommerer, M., 1997: Thalassodes mohrae spec. nov., ein neuer Grünspanner aus Sumatra (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Geometrinae). Spixiana 20 (3): 277–280.
Tautel, C. 2021. Nouvelles espèces de Thalassodes et des genres voisins de Nouvelle-Guinée, Wallacea et Philippines (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Geometrinae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 126(1): 25‑37. DOI: 10.32475/bsef_2145. Paywall.

Reference page.

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.