''Maxates'' 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 ...

first described by

Frederic Moore Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company. It has been said that Mo ...

in 1887.

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward), where the second joint thickly scaled and reaching beyond the frons. Third joint naked. Forewings with highly arched costa towards apex. The outer margin usually highly crenulate and excised between veins 4 and 6. Veins 3, 4 and 7 to 10 stalked. Vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12. Hindwings quadrate, with margin highly crenulate (scalloped) and produced to a point at vein 6, and tail at vein 4. Veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 stalked.

Species

*'' Maxates acutissima'' Walker *'' Maxates albistrigata'' (Warren, 1895) *'' Maxates angulata'' (Lucas, 1888) *'' Maxates calaina'' (Turner, 1910) *'' Maxates centrophylla'' (Meyrick, 1888) *'' Maxates coelataria'' (Walker, 1861) *'' Maxates cowani'' (Butler, 1880) *'' Maxates dissimulata'' (Walker, 1861) *'' Maxates dysides'' Prout, 1922 *'' Maxates eumixis'' (Prout 1911) *'' Maxates fuscifimbria'' (Prout) *'' Maxates fuscipuncta'' (Warren, 1898) *'' Maxates glaucaria'' (Walker, 1866) *'' Maxates goniaria'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *'' Maxates grandificaria'' Graeser, 1890 *'' Maxates inaptaria'' (Walker) *'' Maxates iridescoides'' Holloway, 1996 *'' Maxates iridescens'' (Warren) *'' Maxates korintjiensis'' (Prout, 1933) *'' Maxates lactipuncta'' (Inoue, 1989) *'' Maxates lugubriosa'' Holloway, 1996 *'' Maxates marculenta'' (Prout, 1933) *'' Maxates magnipuncta'' (Prout, 1916) *'' Maxates melancholica'' (Prout, 1912) *'' Maxates melinau'' Holloway, 1996 *'' Maxates multitincta'' (Lucas, 1891) *'' Maxates muluensis'' Holloway, 1996 *'' Maxates obliterata'' Holloway, 1996 *'' Maxates orthodesma'' (Lower, 1894) *'' Maxates prasina'' (Warren, 1894) *'' Maxates protrusa'' (Butler, 1878) *'' Maxates selenosema'' (Turner, 1941) *'' Maxates seria'' Holloway, 1996 *'' Maxates sinuolata'' (Inoue, 1989) *'' Maxates subannulata'' (Prout) *'' Maxates submontana'' Holloway, 1996 *'' Maxates tanygona'' (Turner, 1904) *'' Maxates thetydaria'' (Guenée, 1857) *'' Maxates tristis'' Holloway, 1996 *'' Maxates variegata'' Holloway, 1996 *'' Maxates veninotata'' (Warren, 1894) *'' Maxates waterstradti'' (Prout, 1933)

References

* Hemitheini {{Geometrinae-stub