''Epyaxa'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
Geometridae
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''met ...
erected by
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern micr ...
in 1883.
Species
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Epyaxa agelasta
''Epyaxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was ...
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(Turner, 1904)
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Epyaxa centroneura
''Epyaxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1883.
Species
* ''Epyaxa agelasta
''Epyaxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 ...
''
(Meyrick, 1891)
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Epyaxa epia
''Epyaxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1883.
Species
* ''Epyaxa agelasta'' (Turner, 1904)
* ''Epyaxa centroneura
''Epyaxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick ...
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(Turner, 1922)
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Epyaxa hyperythra
''Epyaxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1883.
Species
* ''Epyaxa agelasta'' (Turner, 1904)
* ''Epyaxa centroneura'' (Meyrick, 1891)
* ''Epyaxa epia
''Epyaxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geo ...
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(Lower, 1892)
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Epyaxa lucidata
''Epyaxa lucidata'' is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1862 using material collected by Andrew Sinclair and named ''Larentia lucidata.'' Th ...
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Walker, 1862
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Epyaxa pyrrhobaphes''
(Turner, 1926)
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Epyaxa rosearia''
Doubleday, 1843 – New Zealand looper, plantain moth
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Epyaxa sodaliata''
(Walker, 1862)
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Epyaxa subidaria''
(Guenée, 1857) – subidaria moth
References
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Xanthorhoini
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