''Maxates'' 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

Frederic Moore Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company. It has been said that Mo ...

in 1887.

Description

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.

Species

*'' Maxates acutissima'' Walker *'' Maxates albistrigata'' (Warren, 1895) *'' Maxates angulata'' (Lucas, 1888) *'' Maxates calaina'' (Turner, 1910) *'' Maxates centrophylla'' (Meyrick, 1888) *'' Maxates coelataria'' (Walker, 1861) *'' Maxates cowani'' (Butler, 1880) *'' Maxates dissimulata'' (Walker, 1861) *'' Maxates dysides'' Prout, 1922 *'' Maxates eumixis'' (Prout 1911) *'' Maxates fuscifimbria'' (Prout) *'' Maxates fuscipuncta'' (Warren, 1898) *'' Maxates glaucaria'' (Walker, 1866) *'' Maxates goniaria'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *'' Maxates grandificaria'' Graeser, 1890 *'' Maxates inaptaria'' (Walker) *'' Maxates iridescoides'' Holloway, 1996 *'' Maxates iridescens'' (Warren) *'' Maxates korintjiensis'' (Prout, 1933) *'' Maxates lactipuncta'' (Inoue, 1989) *'' Maxates lugubriosa'' Holloway, 1996 *'' Maxates marculenta'' (Prout, 1933) *'' Maxates magnipuncta'' (Prout, 1916) *'' Maxates melancholica'' (Prout, 1912) *'' Maxates melinau'' Holloway, 1996 *'' Maxates multitincta'' (Lucas, 1891) *'' Maxates muluensis'' Holloway, 1996 *'' Maxates obliterata'' Holloway, 1996 *'' Maxates orthodesma'' (Lower, 1894) *'' Maxates prasina'' (Warren, 1894) *'' Maxates protrusa'' (Butler, 1878) *'' Maxates selenosema'' (Turner, 1941) *'' Maxates seria'' Holloway, 1996 *'' Maxates sinuolata'' (Inoue, 1989) *'' Maxates subannulata'' (Prout) *'' Maxates submontana'' Holloway, 1996 *'' Maxates tanygona'' (Turner, 1904) *'' Maxates thetydaria'' (Guenée, 1857) *'' Maxates tristis'' Holloway, 1996 *'' Maxates variegata'' Holloway, 1996 *'' Maxates veninotata'' (Warren, 1894) *'' Maxates waterstradti'' (Prout, 1933)

References

* Hemitheini Geometridae genera {{Geometrinae-stub