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.

Abraxas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Abraxini
Genus:	Abraxas Leach, 1815
Synonyms
Spilote Hübner, [1806] Spilota Hübner, 1818 Zerene Treitschke, 1825 Calospilos Hübner, [1825] Callispilus Agassiz, 1847 Potera Moore, [1879] Omophyseta Warren, 1894 Silabraxas Swinhoe, 1900 Chooreechillum Lucas, 1901 Dextridens Wehrli, 1934 Isostictia Wehrli, 1934 Diceratodesia Wehrli, 1935 Mesohypoleuca Wehrli, 1935 Rhabdotaedoeagus Wehrli, 1935 Spinuncus Wehrli, 1935 Trimeresia Wehrli, 1935

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward) 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.^[1]

Species

The genus includes the following species:

• Abraxas adilluminata Inoue, 1984
• Abraxas albiplaga (Warren, 1894)
• Abraxas albiquadrata (Warren, 1897)
• Abraxas antinebulosa Inoue, 1984
• Abraxas breueri Stüning & Hausmann, 2002
• Abraxas capitata Warren, 1894
• Abraxas celidota Wehrli, 1931
• Abraxas consputa Bastelberger, 1909
• Abraxas cupreilluminata Inoue, 1984
• Abraxas degener Warren, 1894
• Abraxas disrupta Warren, 1894
• Abraxas expectata Warren, 1902
• Abraxas flavimacula (Warren, 1896)
• Abraxas flavisinuata Warren, 1894
• Abraxas fletcheri Inoue, 1984
• Abraxas formosilluminata Inoue, 1984
• Abraxas fulvobasalis Warren, 1894
• Abraxas gephyra West, 1929
• Abraxas grossulariata (Linnaeus, 1758) – magpie
• Abraxas illuminata Warren, 1894
• Abraxas incolorata Warren, 1894
• Abraxas intermedia Warren, 1888
• Abraxas interpunctata Warren, 1905
• Abraxas intervacuata (Warren, 1896)
• Abraxas invasata Warren, 1897
• Abraxas karafutonis Matsumura, 1925
• Abraxas labraria Guenée, 1857
• Abraxas latifasciata Warren, 1894
• Abraxas leucostola Hampson, 1893
• Abraxas martaria Guenée, 1857
• Abraxas membranacea Warren, 1894
• Abraxas metamorpha Warren, 1893
• Abraxas miranda Butler, 1878
• Abraxas niphonibia Wehrli, 1935
• Abraxas notata Warren, 1894
• Abraxas pantaria (Linnaeus, 1767) – light magpie
• Abraxas parvimiranda Inoue, 1984
• Abraxas paucinotata Warren, 1894
• Abraxas persimplex Inoue, 1984
• Abraxas picaria Moore, [1868]
• Abraxas placata Inoue, 1984
• Abraxas privata Bastelberger, 1905
• Abraxas punctifera (Walker, [1865])
• Abraxas pusilla Butler, 1880
• Abraxas satoi Inoue, 1972
• Abraxas sinopicaria Wehrli, 1934
• Abraxas sordida Hampson, 1893
• Abraxas sporocrossa Turner, 1922
• Abraxas stictotaenia Wehrli, 1932
• Abraxas stresemanni Rothschild, 1915
• Abraxas subhyalinata Röber, 1891
• Abraxas submartiaria Wehrli, 1932
• Abraxas suffusa Warren, 1894
• Abraxas suspecta (Warren, 1894)
• Abraxas sylvata (Scopoli, 1763) – clouded magpie
• Abraxas symmetrica Warren, 1894
• Abraxas taiwanensis Inoue, 1984
• Abraxas tenellula Inoue, 1984
• Abraxas tenuisuffusa Inoue, 1984
• Abraxas triseriaria Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]
• Abraxas wilemani Inoue, 1984