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Thalassodes hyraria

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Thalassodes hyraria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Thalassodes
Species:
T. hyraria
Binomial name
Thalassodes hyraria
Guenée, 1857

Thalassodes hyraria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found on Réunion in the Indian Ocean.[1]

Its holotype is in bad condition at the French National Museum of Natural History.[2] Guenée also mentioned in his original description that the holotype was in bad shape, and that this species is similar to Thalassodes quadraria with the only notable difference that the front is green, and the last articles of the palpus is longer and white.[3]

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Thalassodes hyraria Guenée, 1857". Afromoths. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  2. ^ Guillermet 2006: 284
  3. ^ Guenée, A. (1857). "Histoire Naturelle Des Insectes Lepidopteres" - Tomé IX. - Uranides et Phalénites. p. 360.