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Microloxia

Microloxia is a genus of moths family in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1893. There are about nine described species in Microloxia.

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Microloxia
Microloxia herbaria, Spain
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Geometrinae
Tribe: Hemitheini
Genus: Microloxia
Warren, 1893

Microloxia is a genus of moths family in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1893. There are about nine described species in Microloxia.1234

Species

These species belong to the genus Microloxia:12

  • Microloxia aistleitneri Hausmann, 2009 (Cape Verde Islands)
  • Microloxia chlorissoides (Prout, 1912) (eastern Asia)
  • Microloxia herbaria (Hubner, 1813) (Herb Emerald) (Europe, North Africa)
  • Microloxia indecretata (Walker, [1863]) (India, southwest Asia)
  • Microloxia leprosa Hampson, 1893
  • Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 (Africa and temperate Asia)
  • Microloxia schmitzi Hausmann, 1995 (northwestern Africa, Spain)
  • Microloxia simonyi (Rebel, 1894) (Canary Islands)
  • Microloxia stenopteraria Turati, 1930 (North Africa)
References

References

  1. "GBIF, Microloxia". Retrieved 2025-10-26.
  2. "Catalogue of Life, Microloxia Warren, 1893". Retrieved 2025-10-26.
  3. Rajaei, H.; Hausmann, A.; Scoble, M.; Wanke, D.; et al. (2024). "Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae". doi:10.48580/dg9ld-9mhh. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  4. Savela, Markku. "Microloxia Warren, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
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