Timandra

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: Sterrhinae
Tribus: Timandrini
Genus: Timandra
Species: T. accumulata – T. adunca – T. apicirosea – T. comptaria – T. convectaria – T. correspondens – T. dichela – T. distorta – T. extremaria – T. griseata – T. oligoscia – T. paralias – T. quadrata – T. recompta – T. robusta – T. ruptlinea – T. stueningi – T. synthaca – T. viminea
Name

Timandra Duponchel, 1829

Type species: Timandra griseata Wilhelm Konstantin Frommhold Petersen, 1902
Synonymy

Bradyepetes Stephens, 1829: 44
Type species: Timandra griseata Petersen, 1902

References
Additional references

Cui, L., Xue, D.Y. & Jiang, N. 2019: A review of Timandra Duponchel, 1829 from China, with description of seven new species (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). ZooKeys 829: 43-74. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.829.29708. Reference page.
Kaila, L. & A.Albrecht, 1994: The classification of the Timandra griseata group (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Insect Systematics & Evoloution 25 (4): 461–479. Abstract: DOI: 10.1163/187631294X00234
Prout, L.B. 1930: On the Japanese Geometridae of the Aigner collection. Novitates Zoologicae 35: 289–377. Reference page.

Timandra is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1829.

Taxonomy

Timandra was raised by Duponchel and is taken from Greek mythology and is named after the daughter of Tyndareus and Leda.[1]
Description

Palpi not reaching beyond the frons. Antennae of male bipectinate (comb like on both sides). Apex simple. Hind tibia of male with two spur pairs. Forewings with acute and produced apex. Vein 3 from near angle of cell and vein 5 from somewhat above middle of discocellulars. Veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked. Vein 10 anastomosing (fusing) with veins 8 and 9 to form the areole. Hindwings with produced outer margin to a point at vein 4, veins 6 and 7 from angle of cell.[2]
Species

Timandra amaturaria Walker, 1866
Timandra apicirosea (Prout, 1935)
Timandra comae Schmidt, 1931
Timandra commixta Warren, 1895
Timandra comptaria (Walker, 1863)
Timandra convectaria Walker, 1861
Timandra dichela (Prout, 1935)
Timandra extremaria Walker, 1861
Timandra griseata Petersen, 1902
Timandra paralias (Prout, 1935)
Timandra recompta (Prout, 1930)
Timandra rectistrigaria (Eversmann, 1851)
Timandra synthaca (Prout, 1938)

References

Emmet, A Maitland (1991). The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera. Their history and meaning. Colchestr: Harley Books. p. 163. ISBN 0 946589 35 6.

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.
Savela, Markku. "Timandra Duponchel, 1829". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 21 August 2021.