Abraxas (moth)

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Abraxas
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Abraxini
Genus: Abraxas
Leach, 1815
Synonyms
  • SpiloteHübner, [1806]
  • SpilotaHübner, 1818
  • ZereneTreitschke, 1825
  • CalospilosHübner, [1825]
  • CallispilusAgassiz, 1847
  • PoteraMoore, [1879]
  • OmophysetaWarren, 1894
  • SilabraxasSwinhoe, 1900
  • ChooreechillumLucas, 1901
  • DextridensWehrli, 1934
  • IsostictiaWehrli, 1934
  • DiceratodesiaWehrli, 1935
  • MesohypoleucaWehrli, 1935
  • RhabdotaedoeagusWehrli, 1935
  • SpinuncusWehrli, 1935
  • TrimeresiaWehrli, 1935

Abraxas, the magpie moths, is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was first described by William Elford Leach in 1815.

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Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward) and roughly scaled. Hind tibia of male dilated with a fold containing a tuft of hair. Forewings with vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 7, 8, 9 and 10, 11 stalked. Vein 11 becoming coincident with vein 12, or apparently absent. Hindwings with vein 3 from before angle of cell. [1]

Species

The genus includes the following species:

References

  1. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.