Thalera
Thalera fimbrialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Hemitheini
Genus: Thalera
Hübner, [1823]
Synonyms[1]
  • Hethemia Ferguson, 1969

Thalera is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.[2]

Description

Palpi minute and hardly reaching beyond the frons. Antennae of male bipectinate (comb like on both sides) usually to apex. Forewings with vein 3 from near angle of cell. Veins 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked and vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12 and then with vein 10. Hindwings with frenulum absent. The outer margin angled at vein 4. Veins 6 and 7 absent.[3]

Species

  • Thalera aeruginata Warren, 1893
  • Thalera chosensis Bryk, 1948
  • Thalera chlorosaria Graeser, 1890
  • Thalera fimbrialis Scopoli, 1763 - Sussex emerald
  • Thalera lacerataria Graeser, 1888
  • Thalera pistasciaria (Guenée, 1857)
  • Thalera prouti Thierry-Mieg, 1913
  • Thalera rubrifimbria Inoue, 1990
  • Thalera suavis (Swinhoe, 1902)

References

  1. Ban, Xiaoshuang; Jiang, Nan; Cheng, Rui; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (2018-05-15). "Tribal classification and phylogeny of Geometrinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) inferred from seven gene regions". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 184 (3): 653–672. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly013. ISSN 0024-4082.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Thalera Hübner, [1823]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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