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Thalassodes
Sign in to saveThalassodes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 33
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Geometridae
- Collections
- USNM, EMEC, MNHN, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, Federated States Of, IndonéSie, Indonesia, Philippines
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Geometridae
- Image
- Geometrid Moth (Thalassodes quadraria) (32340308564).jpg
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- taxon name
- Thalassodes
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Thalassodes
- Commons category
- Thalassodes
- taxonomic type
- Thalassodes pilaria
- has host
- Cinnamomum
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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.
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