''Metallaxis'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s in the family

Geometridae The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metr ...

first described by

Louis Beethoven Prout Louis Beethoven Prout (1864–1943) was an English entomologist and musicologist. Prout specialised in the insect order of Lepidoptera, especially the Geometridae, or geometer moths, on which he was a foremost authority. His notebooks and publi ...

in 1932.

Species

* ''

Metallaxis amandae ''Metallaxis amandae'' is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia ...

'' Holloway, 1997 * ''

Metallaxis herbuloti ''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 ''Metallaxis'' i ...

'' Viette, 1978 * ''

Metallaxis miniata ''Metallaxis'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout Louis Beethoven Prout (1864–1943) was an English entomologist and musicologist. Prout specialised in the insect order of Lepidoptera, es ...

'' Yazaki & M. Wang, 2004 * ''

Metallaxis semipurpurascens ''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 ''Metallaxis'' is ...

'' Hampson, 1896 * ''

Metallaxis semiustus ''Metallaxis semiustus'' is a species of moth in the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1894. It is found in the north-eastern parts of the Himalayas and Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest islan ...

'' Swinhoe, 1894 * ''

Metallaxis sogai ''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, ...

'' Viette, 1979 * ''

Metallaxis teledapa ''Metallaxis teledapa'' is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in northern Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: Ré ...

'' 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. * Rhodostrophiini {{Sterrhinae-stub