Biology:Thalassodes

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Short description: Genus of moths

Thalassodes
Thalassodes immissaria.jpg
T. immissaria, Sri Lanka
Scientific classification e
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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7709553 entry