Metallaxis

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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)