Thalera

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Geometrinae
Tribus: Hemitheini
Genus: Thalera
Species: T. fimbrialis – T. lacerataria – T. rubrifimbria – T. simpliria – T. suavis
Name

Thalera Hübner, [1823] 1816

Type species: Phalaena thymiaria Linnaeus, 1767 (= Phalaena fimbrialis Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms

Heterothalera Bryk, 1949
Ptychopoda Stephens, 1827

References

Han, H.-x. & D.-y. Xue, 2002: A taxonomic study on the genus Thalera Hübner from China (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 27 (4): 784–789.

Thalera is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.[1]
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.[2]
Species

Thalera fimbrialis Scopoli, 1763 - Sussex emerald
Thalera chlorosaria Graeser, 1890
Thalera lacerataria Graeser, 1888
Thalera suavis (Swinhoe, 1902)

References

Savela, Markku. "Thalera Hübner, [1823]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. 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.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.