Allaxitheca

Allaxitheca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Geometrinae
Genus:	Allaxitheca ; Warren, 1897
Species:	A. purpurascens
Binomial name
	Allaxitheca purpurascens; Moore, 1888

Last updated July 25, 2025

Allaxitheca is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1897.^[1] Its only species, Allaxitheca purpurascens, was first described by Frederic Moore in 1888.^[2]

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Allaxitheca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 10, 2019.
↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Allaxitheca purpurascens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 10, 2019.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Allaxitheca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 10, 2019.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Allaxitheca purpurascens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 10, 2019.

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