''Metallaxis'' 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
Louis Beethoven Prout
Louis Beethoven Prout (1864–1943) was an English entomologist and musicologist.
Prout specialised in the insect order of Lepidoptera, especially the Geometridae, or geometer moths, on which he was a foremost authority. His notebooks and public ...
in 1932.
Species
* ''
Metallaxis amandae''
Holloway, 1997
* ''
Metallaxis herbuloti''
Viette, 1978
* ''
Metallaxis miniata''
Yazaki & M. Wang, 2004
* ''
Metallaxis semipurpurascens''
Hampson, 1896
* ''
Metallaxis semiustus''
Swinhoe, 1894
* ''
Metallaxis sogai''
Viette, 1979
* ''
Metallaxis teledapa''
L. B. Prout, 1932
References
*Prout, L. B. (1932)
"New genera and species of Sterrhinae (Fam. Geometridae)" ''Novitates Zoologicae''. 37: 229–251 - on page 229.
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Rhodostrophiini
{{Sterrhinae-stub