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Metallaxis

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Metallaxis
Metallaxis semiustus from Borneo
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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References

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  • 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.