Thalassodes quadraria

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]

Thalassodes quadraria
Scientific classification
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

Description

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]

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References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1858". Afromoths. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. Martiré, D. & Rochat, J. 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. - —:1–496.
  4. "Thalassodes quadraria, Guenée, 1857". African Moths. Retrieved 5 October 2016.


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