Orothalassodes falsaria

Orothalassodes falsaria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in north-eastern India, Sri Lanka, China, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Java and Bali. Records from Taiwan are misidentifications of Orothalassodes pervulgatus.[2]

Orothalassodes falsaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Orothalassodes
Species:
O. falsaria
Binomial name
Orothalassodes falsaria
(Prout, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Thalassodes falsaria Prout, 1912[1]
  • Thalassodes falsarius
  • Pelagodes falsarius
  • Pelagodes falsaria
  • Thalassodes griseifimbria Prout, 1937

Description

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Antennae shaft brown, whereas rami greenish.[3]

 
Orothalassodes pervulgatus, which was long thought to represent the same species as Orothalassodes falsaria

References

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  1. ^ "Species Details : Thalassodes falsaria Prout, 1912". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ^ Notes on Thalassodes-groups of moths (Geometridae: Geometrinae) from Taiwan, with description of a new species.
  3. ^ "Thalassodes and related taxa of emerald moths in China" (PDF). Zootaxa. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3019.1.2. S2CID 14608608. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.