Abraxesis

Abraxesis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae.[1] Its single species, Abraxesis melaleucaria, was described from Shimla, India. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson in 1902.[2]

Abraxesis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Subfamily:
Ennominae
Genus:
Abraxesis

Hampson, 1902
Species:
A. melaleucaria
Binomial name
Abraxesis melaleucaria
Hampson, 1902

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Abraxesis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Abraxesis melaleucaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 10, 2019.


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