''Epyaxa'' 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 ...
erected by
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics.
Life and work
Ed ...
in 1883.
Species
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Epyaxa agelasta
''Epyaxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some cons ...
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(Turner, 1904)
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Epyaxa centroneura''
(Meyrick, 1891)
* ''
Epyaxa epia''
(Turner, 1922)
* ''
Epyaxa hyperythra''
(Lower, 1892)
* ''
Epyaxa lucidata''
Walker, 1862
* ''
Epyaxa pyrrhobaphes''
(Turner, 1926)
* ''
Epyaxa rosearia''
Doubleday, 1843 – New Zealand looper, plantain moth
* ''
Epyaxa sodaliata''
(Walker, 1862)
* ''
Epyaxa subidaria''
(Guenée, 1857) – subidaria moth
References
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Xanthorhoini
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