Abraxesis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae.[1] Its single species, Abraxesis melaleucaria, was described from Shimla, India. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson in 1902.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Ennominae |
| Genus: | Abraxesis Hampson, 1902 |
| Species: | A. melaleucaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Abraxesis melaleucaria Hampson, 1902
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References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Abraxesis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Abraxesis melaleucaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
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