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Thera Stephens, 1831

Thera Stephens, 1831; , TS: Geometra variata Denis & Schiffermüller
Thera (Hydriomenini) ; [NACL, 102]
Thera (Cidariini) ; [FE]
Thera ; [CidS, 6]; Choi, 2000, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 3295: 21

12 spp (Thera)

Thera cupressata (Geyer, 1831)

CEU, SEU. See [About maps] Thera cupressata, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Thera cupressata, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Thera cupressata ; Choi, 2000, [REF]

Thera variata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

EU, Sayan, Tuva, E.Kazakhstan, Far East, Sakhalin, Japan. See [About maps] Kuusineulasmittari Spruce Carpet
Geometra variata Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Thera variata, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Thera variata, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Thera variata, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Thera variata ; Choi, 2000, [REF]; Beljaev & Vasilenko, 2002, Ent. Fennica 13 (4): 216

800x556 (~113Kb) FINLAND U:Espoo 667:37, ex.l. 9.1986, Photo 24.10.1986 © Kimmo Silvonen	800x1055 (~119Kb) FINLAND: Ab: Suomusjävi (669:31), 18.7.2004, Photo © Markku Savela	946x567 (~103Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 15.6.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov
779x644 (~115Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 21.6.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov	316x308 (~18Kb)

Larva on Coniferae, Pinus silvestris, Picea abies, Abies alba, A. sibirica [SPRK]

Thera juniperata (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, Caucasus. See [About maps] Katajamittari Juniper Carpet
juniperaria (Boisduval, 1840)

= ; [NACL, #7217]

Thera procteri Brower, 1940

= ; [NACL, #7217]

Thera juniperata, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Thera juniperata, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Thera juniperata, Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images [Lynn Scott]
Thera juniperata, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Thera juniperata, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Thera juniperata, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Thera juniperata, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Thera juniperata ; [NACL, #7217]; Choi, 2000, [REF]

640x703 (~67Kb) FINLAND EK: Kotka 668:51, ex.l. 8.1994, Photo 16.10.1994 © Kimmo Silvonen

894x656 (~112Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 4.10.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov

280x280 (~16Kb)

Larva on Juniperus communis [SPRK]

Thera vetustata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

CEU, SEU. See [About maps] Thera vetustata ; Choi, 2000, [REF]

Thera obeliscata (Hübner, 1787)

Havuneulasmittari Grey Pine Carpet
?Geometra obelisca Hübner, [1799]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [5] : pl. 57, f. 296
Thera obeliscata, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Thera obeliscata, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Thera obeliscata, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Thera obeliscata, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Thera obeliscata ; Choi, 2000, [REF]

720x668 (~83Kb) female ESTONIA Saaremaa Veere, ex.l. 6.1996, Photo 3.7.1996 © Kimmo Silvonen

Larva on Pinus silvestris, Picea abies, Juniperus communis [SPRK]

Thera cognata (Thunberg, 1792)

EU, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Transcaucasus. See [About maps] Rannikkoneulasmittari Chestnut-coloured Carpet
Thera cognata, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Thera cognata, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Thera cognata, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Thera cognata, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Thera cognata ; Choi, 2000, [REF]

280x268 (~14Kb)

Larva on Juniperus communis [SPRK]

Thera firmata (Hübner, [1822])

Europe, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Transcaucasus. See [About maps] Mäntyneulasmittari Pine Carpet
Geometra firmata Hübner, [1822]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [5] : pl. 100, f. 515, TL: Europe
Thera consobrinata Curtis, 1834; British Entomology 11: pl. 519
Thera simulata Stephens, 1831; Ill. Br. Ent., (Haustellata) 3 (3): 271
Chesias ulicata Rambur, 1834; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 3: 394
Thera firmata ab. approximata Lempke, 1950; Tijdschr. Ent. 92 : 163
Thera firmata ab. brunneofasciata Lempke, 1950; Tijdschr. Ent. 92 : 163
Thera firmata ab. grisescens Lempke, 1950; Tijdschr. Ent. 92 : 163
Thera firmata ab. interrupta Lempke, 1950; Tijdschr. Ent. 92 : 163
Thera firmata ab. purpureobrunnea Cockayne, 1952; Entomologist 85: 267, pl. 4, f. 7-8
Pennithera firmata, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Pennithera firmata, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Thera firmata, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Thera firmata, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]

Chesias ulicata ; Staudinger & Wocke, 1871, Cat. Lepid. eur. Faunegeb. (Edn. 2) : 184; Prout, 1914, in Seitz, Die Gross Schmett. Erde 4 : 219 Larentia firmata ; Herrich-Schäffer, [1847], : 171

Cidaria firmata ; Staudinger & Wocke, 1871, Cat. Lepid. eur. Faunegeb. (Edn. 2) : 184 Thera firmata ; Viidalepp, 1977, Ent. Obz. 16 (3): 576 Asaphodes (Pennithera) firmata ; Viidalepp, 1980, Tartu Riikliku Ülikooli Toimitised 13 (516): 70 Heterothera firmata ; Choi, 1997, Systematic Entomology, 22: 311; [CidS, 138, f. 24]; Choi, 1998, Tijdschr. Ent. 141 : 43, f. 24 Thera firmata ; Choi, 2000, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 3295: 22, 24 (Appendix I)

560x364 (~18Kb) underside FINLAND, Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 21.9.1997, Photo © Markku Savela

320x324 (~18Kb)

Larva on Pinus silvestris [SPRK]

24.7.2008 (15)

References:

[ALBERTA]

University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection

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[CidS]

Choi, S-W, 1997; Systematics of the Cidariini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae: Larentiinae). (Academic Dissertation).; ISBN 951-45-7919-4

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[FE]

Fauna Europaea; Fauna Europaea

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[Ian Kimber]

http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[Lynn Scott]

Moths of the Ottawa Area; Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[MPG]

North American Moth Photographers Group

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[SPRK]

Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

Some related literature:

Beljaev & Vasilenko, 2002

An annotated checklist of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from the Kamchatka Peninsula and adjacent islands Ent. Fennica 13 (4): 195-235

Choi, 1997

A phylogenetic study on genera of Cidariini from the Holarctic and Indo-Australian areas Systematic Entomology, 22: 287-312

Choi, 1998

Systematics of the genus Heterothera Inoue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae: Larentiinae) Tijdschr. Ent. 141 : 19-47, f. 1-57

Choi, 2000

A Cladistic Analysis of the Therini: A new Synonym of the Cidariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Larentiinae) Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 3295: 25pp, 61figs, 3pls

Curtis, 1834

British Entomology; being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insecta found in Great Britain and Ireland: Containing coloured Figures from Nature of the Most Rare and Beautiful Species, an in Many Instances of the Plants Upon Which They are Found British Entomology 1: pl. 1-50 (1824), 2: pl. 51-98 (1825), 3: pl. 99-146 (1826), 4: pl. 147-194 (1827), 5: pl. 195-241 (1828), 6: pl. 242-289 (1829), 7: pl. 290-337 (1830), 8: pl. 338-383 (1831), 9: pl. 384-433 (1832), 10: pl. 434-481 (1833), 11: pl. 482-529 (1834), 12: pl. 530-577 (1835), 13: pl. 578-625 (1836), 14: pl. 626-673 (1837), 15: pl. 674-721 (1838), 16: pl. 722-769 (1839)

Hübner, [1799]; Hübner, [1809]; Hübner, [1822]

Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. V. Geometrae - Spanner ("Vierte Band") Samml. eur. Schmett. [5] : pl. 1-59, f. 1-307 (1796-1799), : pl. 60, f. 308-312 (1799-1800), : pl. 61-66, f. 313-346 (1800-1809), : pl. 67-89, f. 347-460 (1809-1813), : pl. 90-95, f. 461-492 (1814-1817), : pl. 96-98, f. 493-508 (1818-1819), : pl. 99-100, f. 509-519 (1819-1822), : pl. 101-102, f. 520-531 (1824-1825), : pl. 103-105, f. 532-549 (1825-1826), : pl. 106-108, f. 550-568 (1828-1831), : pl. 109-111, f. 569-585 (1833), : pl. 112-113, f. 586-596 (1838), : [1-14], 15-24 (1800?)

Lempke, 1950

Catalogus der Nederlandse Macrolepidoptera. IX Tijdschr. Ent. 92 : 113-218

Prout, 1914

Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Palaearctischen Faunengebietes. 4. Spannerartige Nachtfalter in Seitz, Die Gross Schmett. Erde 4 : 1-479, : pl. 1-25

Rambur, 1834

Description de plusiers escpeces indeites de Lepidopteres nocturnes du centre et du midi de la France Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 3: 379-395

Staudinger & Wocke, 1871

Catalog der Lepidopteren des europaeischen Faunegebiets (Edn. 2): - Cat. Lepid. eur. Faunegeb. (Edn. 2) : 1-426, : 422-426 (Corrigenda et Addenda)

Stephens, 1831

Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a synopsis of indigenous insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable Ill. Br. Ent., (Haustellata) 3 (1): 1-96, pl. 25-27 (1829), (2): 97-136, pl. 28-31 (1830), (3): 137-337, pl. 32 (1831)

Viidalepp, 1977

A list of the Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the USSR. (2) Ent. Obz. 16 (3): 564-576

Viidalepp, 1980

Geometrid moths of the genus Thera Stph. in the fauna of the USSR (Lepidoptera). [in Russian] Tartu Riikliku Ülikooli Toimitised 13 (516): 54-84

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