Abraxas (moth)
Abraxas, the magpie moths, is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was first described by William Elford Leach in 1815.
Description
Palpi porrect and roughly scaled. Hind tibia of male dilated with a fold containing a tuft of hair. Forewings with vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 7, 8, 9 and 10, 11 stalked. Vein 11 becoming coincident with vein 12, or apparently absent. Hindwings with vein 3 from before angle of cell.
Species
The genus includes the following species:Abraxas adilluminata Inoue, 1984Abraxas albiplaga Abraxas albiquadrata Abraxas antinebulosa Inoue, 1984Abraxas breueri Stüning & Hausmann, 2002Abraxas capitata Warren, 1894Abraxas celidota Wehrli, 1931Abraxas consputa Bastelberger, 1909Abraxas cupreilluminata Inoue, 1984Abraxas degener Warren, 1894Abraxas disrupta Warren, 1894Abraxas expectata Warren, 1902Abraxas flavimacula Abraxas flavisinuata Warren, 1894Abraxas fletcheri Inoue, 1984Abraxas formosilluminata Inoue, 1984Abraxas fulvobasalis Warren, 1894Abraxas gephyra West, 1929Abraxas grossulariata - magpieAbraxas illuminata Warren, 1894Abraxas incolorata Warren, 1894Abraxas intermedia Warren, 1888Abraxas interpunctata Warren, 1905Abraxas intervacuata Abraxas invasata Warren, 1897Abraxas karafutonis Matsumura, 1925Abraxas labraria Guenée, 1857Abraxas latifasciata Warren, 1894Abraxas leucostola Hampson, 1893Abraxas martaria Guenée, 1857Abraxas membranacea Warren, 1894Abraxas metamorpha Warren, 1893Abraxas miranda Butler, 1878Abraxas niphonibia Wehrli, 1935Abraxas notata Warren, 1894Abraxas pantaria - light magpieAbraxas parvimiranda Inoue, 1984Abraxas paucinotata Warren, 1894Abraxas persimplex Inoue, 1984Abraxas picaria Moore, Abraxas placata Inoue, 1984Abraxas privata Bastelberger, 1905Abraxas punctifera Abraxas pusilla Butler, 1880Abraxas satoi Inoue, 1972Abraxas sinopicaria Wehrli, 1934Abraxas sordida Hampson, 1893Abraxas sporocrossa Turner, 1922Abraxas stictotaenia Wehrli, 1932Abraxas stresemanni Rothschild, 1915Abraxas subhyalinata Röber, 1891Abraxas submartiaria Wehrli, 1932Abraxas suffusa Warren, 1894Abraxas suspecta Abraxas sylvata - clouded magpieAbraxas symmetrica Warren, 1894Abraxas taiwanensis Inoue, 1984Abraxas tenellula Inoue, 1984Abraxas tenuisuffusa Inoue, 1984Abraxas triseriaria Herrich-Schäffer, Abraxas wilemani Inoue, 1984