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Genus of geometer moths
Abraxas
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Tribe:
Abraxini
Genus:
Abraxas
Leach , 1815
Synonyms
Spilote Hübner, [1806]
Spilota Hübner, 1818
Zerene Treitschke, 1825
Calospilos Hübner, [1825]
Callispilus Agassiz, 1847
Potera Moore, [1879]
Omophyseta Warren, 1894
Silabraxas Swinhoe, 1900
Chooreechillum Lucas, 1901
Dextridens Wehrli, 1934
Isostictia Wehrli, 1934
Diceratodesia Wehrli, 1935
Mesohypoleuca Wehrli, 1935
Rhabdotaedoeagus Wehrli, 1935
Spinuncus Wehrli, 1935
Trimeresia Wehrli, 1935
Abraxas , the magpie moths , is a genus of
moths in the family
Geometridae . It was first described by
William Elford Leach in 1815.
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.
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Species
The genus includes the following species:
Abraxas adilluminata Inoue, 1984
Abraxas albiplaga (Warren, 1894)
Abraxas albiquadrata (Warren, 1897)
Abraxas antinebulosa Inoue, 1984
Abraxas breueri Stüning & Hausmann, 2002
Abraxas capitata Warren, 1894
Abraxas celidota Wehrli, 1931
Abraxas consputa Bastelberger, 1909
Abraxas cupreilluminata Inoue, 1984
Abraxas degener Warren, 1894
Abraxas disrupta Warren, 1894
Abraxas expectata Warren, 1902
Abraxas flavimacula (Warren, 1896)
Abraxas flavisinuata Warren, 1894
Abraxas fletcheri Inoue, 1984
Abraxas formosilluminata Inoue, 1984
Abraxas fulvobasalis Warren, 1894
Abraxas gephyra West, 1929
Abraxas grossulariata (
Linnaeus ,
1758 ) – magpie
Abraxas illuminata Warren, 1894
Abraxas incolorata Warren, 1894
Abraxas intermedia Warren, 1888
Abraxas interpunctata Warren, 1905
Abraxas intervacuata (Warren, 1896)
Abraxas invasata Warren, 1897
Abraxas karafutonis Matsumura, 1925
Abraxas labraria Guenée, 1857
Abraxas latifasciata Warren, 1894
Abraxas leucostola Hampson, 1893
Abraxas martaria Guenée, 1857
Abraxas membranacea Warren, 1894
Abraxas metamorpha Warren, 1893
Abraxas miranda Butler, 1878
Abraxas niphonibia Wehrli, 1935
Abraxas notata Warren, 1894
Abraxas pantaria (
Linnaeus ,
1767 ) – light magpie
Abraxas parvimiranda Inoue, 1984
Abraxas paucinotata Warren, 1894
Abraxas persimplex Inoue, 1984
Abraxas picaria Moore, [1868]
Abraxas placata Inoue, 1984
Abraxas privata Bastelberger, 1905
Abraxas punctifera (Walker, [1865])
Abraxas pusilla Butler, 1880
Abraxas satoi Inoue, 1972
Abraxas sinopicaria Wehrli, 1934
Abraxas sordida Hampson, 1893
Abraxas sporocrossa Turner, 1922
Abraxas stictotaenia Wehrli, 1932
Abraxas stresemanni Rothschild, 1915
Abraxas subhyalinata Röber, 1891
Abraxas submartiaria Wehrli, 1932
Abraxas suffusa Warren, 1894
Abraxas suspecta (Warren, 1894)
Abraxas sylvata (Scopoli, 1763) – clouded magpie
Abraxas symmetrica Warren, 1894
Abraxas taiwanensis Inoue, 1984
Abraxas tenellula Inoue, 1984
Abraxas tenuisuffusa Inoue, 1984
Abraxas triseriaria Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]
Abraxas wilemani Inoue, 1984
References
External links
Media related to
Abraxas at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to
Abraxas at Wikispecies