Biology:Maxates

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Short description: Genus of moths

Maxates
Maxates centrophylla.jpg
Maxates centrophylla
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Joditi
Genus: Maxates
Moore, 1887
Type species
Thalassodes coelataria
Walker, 1861
Species
  • Gelasma Warren, 1893
  • Thalerura C. Swinhoe, 1894
  • Thalerura Warren, 1894

Maxates is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Frederic Moore 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.[1]

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

Wikidata ☰ Q13868535 entry