Maxates

Maxates
	Maxates centrophylla
Scientific classification
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

^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Savela, Markku (ed.). "Maxates Moore, [1887]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 1, 2018.

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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