Scientific name Abraxas | Family Geometridae Rank Genus | |
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Abraxas (common name, the magpie moths) is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.
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Description
Palpi porrect and roughly scaled. Hind tibia of male dilated with a fold containing a tuft of hair. Forewings with vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 7, 8, 9 and 10, 11 stalked. Vein 11 becoming coincident with vein 12, or apparently absent. Hindwings with vein 3 from before angle of cell.
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