''Metallaxis'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Geometridae
The geometer moths are moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyleti ...
first described by
Louis Beethoven Prout
Louis Beethoven Prout (1864–1943) was an English entomologist and musicologist.
Prout specialised in the insect order (biology), order of Lepidoptera, especially the Geometridae, or geometer moths, on which he was a foremost authority. He cont ...
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.
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Rhodostrophiini
{{Sterrhinae-stub