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Maxates

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Maxates
Maxates centrophylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Joditi
Genus: Maxates
Moore, 1887
Type species
Thalassodes coelataria
Walker, 1861
Species
  • Gelasma Warren, 1893
  • Thalerura C. Swinhoe, 1894
  • Thalerura Warren, 1894

Maxates is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Frederic Moore in 1887.

Description

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Palpi porrect (extending forward), where the second joint thickly scaled and reaching beyond the frons. Third joint naked. Forewings with highly arched costa towards apex. The outer margin usually highly crenulate and excised between veins 4 and 6. Veins 3, 4 and 7 to 10 stalked. Vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12. Hindwings quadrate, with margin highly crenulate (scalloped) and produced to a point at vein 6, and tail at vein 4. Veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 stalked.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.