| Naxa | |
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| Naxa textilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Orthostixinae |
| Genus: | Naxa Walker, 1856 |
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Naxa is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1856. [1]
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