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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
ENDOPTERYGOTA
(insects with wings developing internally)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
GEOMETROIDEA
(butterfly moths)
GEOMETRIDAE
(geometrids, carpets, pugs and loopers)
ENNOMINAE
(a subfamily of moths)
Abraxas
(magpie moths)
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Abraxas (magpie moths)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #webs
Species Abraxas grossulariata (Linnaeus, 1758) (The Magpie Moth) 1 2
Species Abraxas sylvata (Scopoli, 1763) (Clouded Magpie) 3 2

Suggested Literature

Abraxas may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 HEXAPODA
(hexapods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)		 DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)		 GEOMETROIDEA
(butterfly moths)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Abraxas:

Photos larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Phryxe nemea - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Ford, T.H., 1973
Belshaw, R., 1993

Abraxas may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)		 GEOMETRIDAE
(geometrids, carpets, pugs and loopers)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Ford, T.H., 1973 Some records of bred Tachinidae

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