Thalassodes

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

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

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.

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

• 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.