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Artaxa
Sign in to saveArtaxa is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1855. Some of the species have urticating hairs.
Species
Yellow Tussock
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyErebidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 21
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Erebidae
- Collections
- USNM, FMNH, UNHC, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, India, Tunisia, Australia, Indonesia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon name
- Artaxa
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Artaxa
- taxonomic type
- Artaxa guttata
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- Artaxa
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Encyclopedic overview
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Artaxa is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1855. Some of the species have urticating hairs.
==Species== Artaxa angulata Artaxa cina (Borneo) Artaxa comparata (India, Sri Lanka) Artaxa digramma (India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java) Artaxa distracta (Sarawak) Artaxa fulvistriata (Papua New Guinea) Artaxa gentia (Borneo) Artaxa guttata (India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar) Artaxa hannemanni (Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra) Artaxa hemixantha (Borneo) Artaxa lunula Artaxa maza (New Guinea) Artaxa montiphaula (Borneo, Sarawak) Artaxa nubilosa (Sumatra) Artaxa ormea (Borneo, Sumatra) Artaxa pentatoxa (New Guinea) Artaxa phaula (Malaysia peninsular, Borneo) Artaxa rubiginosa (Java) Artaxa sabahensis (Borneo) Artaxa tanaoptera (Celebes) Artaxa tuhana (Borneo) Artaxa vitellina (India, Sri Lanka)
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