''Abraxas privata'' is a species 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 ...

belonging to 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 ...

. It was described by

Max Bastelberger Max Joseph Bastelberger (19 March 1851, Würzburg, Bavaria – 1 January 1916, Munich, Bavaria) was a German medical doctor and entomologist. He was specialized on geometrid moths and described 351 new taxa.* Anonymus: ''† Max Bastelberger.'' Mi ...

in 1905. It is known from

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and

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References

Abraxini Moths of Asia Moths described in 1905 {{Abraxini-stub