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Thalassodes veraria (or Pelagodes veraria), is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] Fiji, India, Java, Malaysia, New Guinea and Australia.

Thalassodes veraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Thalassodes
Species:	T. veraria
Binomial name
Thalassodes veraria Guenée, 1858
Synonyms
Pelagodes veraria (Guenée, 1858)

The species' wingspan is about 3 cm. It is a greenish moth with two faint pale zigzag lines across each wing. Costa yellowish. Each hindwing has an angular margin.[3] The caterpillar feeds on Mangifera indica, Chrysanthemum, Dendranthema, Lagerstroemia speciosa, Litchi chinensis, Rosa indica and other Rosa species.[4]

References

External links

• Redescription of Thalassodes antithetica Herbulot, 1962, an endemic moth from Inner Seychelles

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