Abraxas, the magpie moths, is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was first described by William Elford Leach in 1815. Description Palpi porrect (extending forward) 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. Species The genus includes the following species: Abraxas adilluminata Inoue, 1984 Abraxas albiplaga (Warren, 1894) Abraxas albiquadrata (Warren, 1897) Abraxas antinebulosa Inoue, 1984 Abraxas breueri Stüning & Hausmann, 2002 Abraxas capitata Warren, 1894 Abraxas celidota Wehrli, 1931 Abraxas consputa Bastelberger, 1909 Abraxas cupreilluminata Inoue, 1984 Abraxas degener Warren, 1894 Abraxas disrupta Warren, 1894 Abraxas expectata Warren, 1902 Abraxas flavimacula (Warren, 1896) Abraxas flavisinuata Warren, 1894 Abraxas fletcheri Inoue, 1984 Abraxas formosilluminata Inoue, 1984 Abraxas fulvobasalis Warren, 1894 Abraxas gephyra West, 1929 Abraxas grossulariata (Linnaeus, 1758) – magpie Abraxas illuminata Warren, 1894 Abraxas incolorata Warren, 1894 Abraxas intermedia Warren, 1888 Abraxas interpunctata Warren, 1905 Abraxas intervacuata (Warren, 1896) Abraxas invasata Warren, 1897 Abraxas karafutonis Matsumura, 1925 Abraxas labraria Guenée, 1857 Abraxas latifasciata Warren, 1894 Abraxas leucostola Hampson, 1893 Abraxas martaria Guenée, 1857 Abraxas membranacea Warren, 1894 Abraxas metamorpha Warren, 1893 Abraxas miranda Butler, 1878 Abraxas niphonibia Wehrli, 1935 Abraxas notata Warren, 1894 Abraxas pantaria (Linnaeus, 1767) – light magpie Abraxas parvimiranda Inoue, 1984 Abraxas paucinotata Warren, 1894 Abraxas persimplex Inoue, 1984 Abraxas picaria Moore, [1868] Abraxas placata Inoue, 1984 Abraxas privata Bastelberger, 1905 Abraxas punctifera (Walker, [1865]) Abraxas pusilla Butler, 1880 Abraxas satoi Inoue, 1972 Abraxas sinopicaria Wehrli, 1934 Abraxas sordida Hampson, 1893 Abraxas sporocrossa Turner, 1922 Abraxas stictotaenia Wehrli, 1932 Abraxas stresemanni Rothschild, 1915 Abraxas subhyalinata Röber, 1891 Abraxas submartiaria Wehrli, 1932 Abraxas suffusa Warren, 1894 Abraxas suspecta (Warren, 1894) Abraxas sylvata (Scopoli, 1763) – clouded magpie Abraxas symmetrica Warren, 1894 Abraxas taiwanensis Inoue, 1984 Abraxas tenellula Inoue, 1984 Abraxas tenuisuffusa Inoue, 1984 Abraxas triseriaria Herrich-Schäffer, [1855] Abraxas wilemani Inoue, 1984 References External links Abraxini Geometridae genera