Thalassodes quadraria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in Africa south of the Sahara and in India and Sri Lanka.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Thalassodes |
| Species: | T. quadraria
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| Thalassodes quadraria (Guenée, 1857)
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Description
editIts wingspan is about 38 mm. Hindwings with veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 stalked. Forewings with vein 11 from the cell. Forewings with veins 3, 4 stalked. Hindwings with angled outer margin. It is a bluish-green moth with reddish palpi and frons. Vertex of head white. Wings semihyaline, with numerous pale striae. Forewings with fulvous costa. Antemedial and postmedial indistinct pale straight oblique lines. Hindwings with indistinct postmedial line, produced to a point and angled at vein 3. Both wings with ochreous cilia at tips or wholly ochreous. Ventral side whitish.[2]
Larval food plants include Ricinus communis, Mangifera indica, Rosa, Crotalaria verrucosa,[3] Coffea arabica, Myrica aethiopica, Schinus molle, Zea mays, and Myrica serrate.[4]
References
edit- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1858". Afromoths. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Martiré, D. & Rochat, J. 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. - —:1–496.
- ^ "Thalassodes quadraria, Guenée, 1857". African Moths. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
External links
edit- Vingerhoedt - Pictures of Thalassodes quadraria
- Live picture on Flickr
- The Interactions of Population Dynamics of Thalassodes quadraria and the Plant Community Struutureand Climate Factors in DinghuShan.
- Relationship between different host plants; potential growth and longevity of Thalassodes quadraria Gruen. (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) [1974]
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