Thalassodes quadraria

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Thalassodes quadraria

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Thalassodes
Species:	T. quadraria
Binomial name
*Thalassodes quadraria* (Guenée, 1857)
Synonyms
Nemoria aequaria (Mabille, 1898) Nemoria chlorinaria (Mabille, 1898) Geometra digressa (Walker, 1861) Thalassodes ricinaria Guenée, 1862 Hemithea sapoliaria (Swinhoe, 1904) Thalassodes subreticulata Mabille, 1900

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]

Description

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Its 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

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^ 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.

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Taxon identifiers
Thalassodes quadraria	Wikidata: Q7709556 AfroMoths: THALQUAD BOLD: 92000 CoL: 55ZL2 EoL: 274365 GBIF: 1964367 iNaturalist: 428894 IRMNG: 10959412 LepIndex: 211780 NCBI: 1007450 Open Tree of Life: 54420

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