Thera

Thera Stephens, 1831

Thera Stephens, 1831; ; TS: Geometra variata Denis & Schiffermüller
Corythea Duponchel, 1854
- = Thera; [RFEL]

Corythea; [NHM-BMW]
Thera; [CidS], 6; Choi, 2000, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 3295: 21; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Thera (Cidariini); [FE]; [RFEL]
Thera (Hydriomenini); [NACL], 102

Thera cupressata (Geyer, 1831)

CEU, SEU. See [maps]

Thera cupressata; Choi, 2000, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 3295: 24 (Appendix I); [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE]

Thera variata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

EU, Turkey, W.Siberia, Kasakhstan, Kirghizstan, Tadzhikistan, Transbaikalia, Buryatia, Irkutsk, Altai, Sajan, NE.China. See [maps] Spruce Carpet Kuusineulasmittari

Geometra variata Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Cidaria subtaurica Wehrli, 1932
- = ; [RFEL]
Thera variata balcanicola Lattin, 1951
- = ; [RFEL]

Thera variata balcanicola; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Thera variata mugo; [CoL]
Thera variata subtaurica; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Thera variata; [SPRK]; Choi, 2000, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 3295: 24 (Appendix I); Beljaev & Vasilenko, 2002, Ent. Fennica 13 (4): 216; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF]

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)

T. v. bellisi Viidalepp, 1977 Sakhalin, Amur, Kuriles, Primorye, Japan, Korea, ...

Thera bellisi Viidalepp, 1977

Thera bellisi; [LepIndex]
Thera variata bellisi; [RFEL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Thera stragulata (Hübner, [1809])

Geometra stragulata Hübner, [1809]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [5]: pl. 65, f. 337

Thera stragulata; [LepIndex]

Thera juniperata (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, Caucasus. See [maps] Juniper Carpet Katajamittari

juniperaria (Boisduval, 1840)
- = ; [NACL], #7217
Thera procteri Brower, 1940
- = ; [NACL], #7217

Thera juniperata istriana; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Thera juniperata juniperata; [P&N23]
Thera juniperata loeberbaueri; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Thera juniperata orcadensis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Thera juniperata; [SPRK]; [NACL], #7217; Choi, 2000, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 3295: 24 (Appendix I); [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [BAMONA] ; [SVF]
Thera procteri; [LepIndex]

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)

Thera vetustata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

CEU, SEU. See [maps]

Thera vetustata; Choi, 2000, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 3295: 24 (Appendix I); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE]

Thera contractata (Packard, 1873)

contractata (Packard, 1873); 5th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. 1873: 56

Thera contractata; [NACL], #7218; Choi, 2000, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 3295: 24 (Appendix I); [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [BAMONA]

Thera otisi (Dyar, 1904)

Thera otisi; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [BAMONA]
Thera otisi[sic]; [NACL], #7219
Thera otsi[sic]; Choi, 2000, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 3295: 24 (Appendix I)

Thera latens Barnes & McDunnough, 1917

Thera latens; [NACL], #7220; Choi, 2000, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 3295: 24 (Appendix I); [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [BAMONA]

Thera obeliscata (Hübner, 1787)

EU, Turkey, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Urals, W.Siberia, Amur, Transbaikalia, Buryatia, Irkutsk, Altai, Sajan. See [maps] Grey Pine Carpet Havuneulasmittari

Phalaena (Geometra) obeliscata Hübner, 1787
?Geometra obelisca Hübner, [1799]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [5]: pl. 57, f. 296
Phalaena (Geometra) pinetata Borkhausen, 1794
- = ; [RFEL]
Phalaena tristrigaria Donovan, 1808
- = ; [RFEL]
Larentia variata var. scotica Staudinger, 1901
- = ; [RFEL]
Larentia variata var. diniensis Heinrich, 1923
- = ; [RFEL]
Cidaria obeliscata pseudovariata Heydemann, 1933
- = ; [RFEL]

Thera juniperata scotica; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Thera obeliscata pseudovariata; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Thera obeliscata; [SPRK]; Choi, 2000, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 3295: 24 (Appendix I); [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF]

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

Thera cognata (Thunberg, 1792)

EU, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Transcaucasus. See [maps] Chestnut-coloured Carpet Rannikkoneulasmittari

Thera cognata; [SPRK]; Choi, 2000, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 3295: 24 (Appendix I); [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF]

Thera firmata (Hübner, [1822])

Europe, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Transcaucasus. See [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

Asaphodes (Pennithera) firmata; Viidalepp, 1980, Tartu Riikliku Ülikooli Toimitised 13 (516): 70
Chesias ulicata; Staudinger & Wocke, 1871, Cat. Lepid. eur. Faunegeb. (Edn. 2): 184; Prout, 1914, in Seitz, Die Gross Schmett. Erde 4: 219
Cidaria firmata; Staudinger & Wocke, 1871, Cat. Lepid. eur. Faunegeb. (Edn. 2): 184
Heterothera firmata; Choi, 1997, Syst. Ent. 22 (4): 311; [CidS], 138, f. 24; Choi, 1998, Tijdschr. Ent. 141: 43, f. 24
Larentia firmata; Herrich-Schäffer, 1847, Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 3 (35): 171
Pennithera firmata; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Thera firmata; Viidalepp, 1977, Ent. Obz. 16 (3): 576; [SPRK]; Choi, 2000, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 3295: 22, 24 (Appendix I); [LepIndex]

902x652 (~102Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 7.9.2020 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov	892x692 (~110Kb) Russia, Moscow, 17.9.2020 (37°38'E, 55°72'N), Photo © D. Smirnov	560x364 (~18Kb) underside FINLAND, Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 21.9.1997, Photo © Markku Savela
320x324 (~18Kb)

Thera britannica Turner, 1925

albonigrata Gornik, 1942

Thera britannica; Choi, 2000, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 3295: 24 (Appendix I); [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF]

Thera variolata (Staudinger, 1899)

Thera variolata; Choi, 2000, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 3295: 24 (Appendix I); [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL]

Thera cembrae (Kitt, 1912) Alps?

Thera cembrae; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler]
Thera variata cembrae; [LepIndex]

References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[D. Smirnov]
Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov
[EF]
Entomologica Fennica
[FE] Fauna Europaea
Fauna Europaea
[GMWL] Scoble & Hausmann, 2007
Geometric Moths of the World, online list
[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
[Heiner Ziegler]
Switzerland / Schweiz; www.pieris.ch
[Kimmo Silvonen] Espoo, Finland
Kimmo's Lep Site
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[P&N23] Pohl & Nanz, 2023
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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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 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae) Syst. Ent. 22 (4) : 287-312
[CidS]; Choi, 1997
Systematics of the Cidariini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae: Larentiinae). (Academic Dissertation) Dissertation
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)
Herrich-Schäffer, 1847
Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu J. Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge, Die Spanner, (1843-) 1847 (-1856) Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 3 (1): pl. 1, f. 1-7 (1843), (8): [1], 2-8, pl. 2-11, f. 8-65 (1844), (12): pl. 12-20, f. 66-123 (1845), (16): pl. 21-30, f. 124-188 (1846), (18): 9-16 (1846), (20): pl. 31-40, f. 189-247 (1846), (24): 17-40, (ii) pl. 41-50, f. 248-310 (1847), (25): pl. 51-55, f. 311-339 (1847), (26): pl. 56, f. 340-345 (1847), (27): 41-72 (1847), (31): 73-120, pl. 57-59, f. 346-367 (1848), (32): 121-168, pl. 60-61, f. 368-378 (1848), (35): 169-183, [184], pl. 62-69, f. 370-428 (1848), (36): pl. 70-71, f. 429-440 (1848), (43): pl. 72-73, f. 441-450 (1850), (45): pl. 74, f. 451-456 (1850), (50): pl. 75-78, f. 457-484 (1851), (52): pl. 79-87, f. 485-539 (1851), (60): pl. 88, f. 540-544 (1853), (63): pl. 89, f. 545-554 (1854), (65): pl. 90, f. 555-560 (1854), (66): (index) [1], 2-34 (1855), (69): pl. 91, f. 561-567 (1856)
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Hübner, [1799]; Hübner, [1809]; Hübner, [1822]
Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. V. Geometrae - Spanner ("Vierte Band") Samml. eur. Schmett. [5] : [1-14], 15-24 (1796), : 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)
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2 : 1-812
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 escpèces inédites de Lépidoptères nocturnes du centre et du midi de la France Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 3 : 379-395, pl. 8
[SPRK]; Seppänen, 1970
Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit Animalia Fennica 14
Staudinger & Wocke, 1871
Catalog der Lepidopteren des europaeischen Faunegebiets (Edn. 2): - Cat. Lepid. eur. Faunegeb. (Edn. 2) : 1-421, : 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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