Maxates
Introduction '''''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.
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)
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