''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 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
''Metallaxis'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1932.
Species
* '' Metallaxis amandae'' Holloway, 1997
* '' Metallaxis herbuloti'' Viette, 1978
* ''Metallaxis miniata
''Metallaxis'' i ...
''
Viette, 1978
* ''
Metallaxis miniata
''Metallaxis'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae 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, es ...
''
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
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