Abraxesis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Subfamily: | Ennominae |
Genus: | Abraxesis Hampson, 1902 |
Species: | A. melaleucaria |
Binomial name | |
Abraxesis melaleucaria Hampson, 1902 | |
Abraxesis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. [1] Its single species, Abraxesis melaleucaria, was described from Shimla, India. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson in 1902. [2]
Sematurinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Sematuridae represented by at least 29 species in the Neotropics.
Sosxetra is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Sosxetra grata, is found in Latin America. Both the genus and the species were described by Francis Walker in 1862.
Adesmobathra is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Adesmobathra ozoloides, is found in Tanzania. Both the genus and species were first described by Prout in 1916.
Afrophyla is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1895. Its only species, Afrophyla vethi, was first described by Snellen in 1886. It is found in eastern Africa.
Allaxitheca is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1897. Its only species, Allaxitheca purpurascens, was first described by Frederic Moore in 1888.
Allocotesia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species is Allocotesia chiphora. Both the genus and species were described by Wehrli in 1936.
Altrivalvina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Altrivalvina magnifica, was described from Yunnan, China. Both the genus and species were described by Wehrli in 1939.
Ansorgia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Ansorgia divergens, is found in Uganda. Both the genus and species were described by Warren in 1899.
Antasia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1894. Its only species, Antasia flavicapitata, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in Australia.
Anthalma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Anthalma latifasciata, is found in Panama. Both the genus and species were first described by Warren in 1901.
Blepharoctenucha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1895. Its only species, Blepharoctenucha virescens, first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880, is known from India and Taiwan.
Buttia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1904. Its only species, Buttia noctuodes, was described by the same author in the same year.
Caledasthena is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its single species, Caledasthena montana, is found in New Caledonia in the south-west Pacific Ocean. Both the genus and species were first described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1979.
Celonoptera is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Celonoptera mirificaria, is found in south-eastern Europe. Both the genus and species were first described by Julius Lederer in 1862.
Honorana is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species is Honorana notaturia. Both the genus and species were first described by Blanchard in 1852.
Ithysia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species is Ithysia pravata. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825, but the species had been first described by Hübner in 1813.
Lachnocephala is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1953. Its only species, Lachnocephala vellosata, known from Chile, was described by the same author in the same year.
Xenozancla is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Xenozancla versicolor, is found in northern India. Both the genus and species were first described by William Warren in 1893.
The genus Mania comprises a group of tropical and semi-tropical New World moths in the family Sematuridae. The genus has historically been referred to as either Nothus or Sematura, but both of these names are invalid.