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Genus of moths

Metallaxis

Metallaxis semiustus from Borneo
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Rhodostrophiini
Genus:	Metallaxis Prout, 1932
Type species
Metallaxis semiustus Swinhoe, 1894

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 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.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2013). "Metallaxis Prout, 1932". Afromoths. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013.

Taxon identifiers
Metallaxis	Wikidata: Q6822826 Wikispecies: Metallaxis ButMoth: 17792.0 CoL: 92FGQ EoL: 34441 GBIF: 1987626 iNaturalist: 360140 IRMNG: 1366349 LepIndex: 214736 Open Tree of Life: 4279449

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