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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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  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.