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Artaxa
Artaxa sp. in Sri Lanka
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Lymantriinae
Tribe:	Nygmiini
Genus:	Artaxa Walker, 1855
Synonyms
Themaca Walker, 1865

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 (Matsumura, 1927)
• Artaxa cina (Strand, 1915) (Borneo)
• Artaxa comparata (Walker, 1865) (India, Sri Lanka)
• Artaxa digramma (Boisduval, 1844) (India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java)
• Artaxa distracta Walker, 1865 (Sarawak)
• Artaxa fulvistriata (Swinhoe, 1903) (Papua New Guinea)
• Artaxa gentia (Swinhoe, 1903) (Borneo)
• Artaxa guttata Walker, 1855 (India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar)
• Artaxa hannemanni (Schintlmeister, 1994) (Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra)
• Artaxa hemixantha (Collenette, 1938) (Borneo)
• Artaxa lunula Bethune-Baker
• Artaxa maza (Swinhoe, 1903) (New Guinea)
• Artaxa montiphaula Holloway, 1999(Borneo, Sarawak)
• Artaxa nubilosa (van Eecke, 1928) (Sumatra)
• Artaxa ormea (Swinhoe, 1903) (Borneo, Sumatra)
• Artaxa pentatoxa (Collenette, 1930) (New Guinea)
• Artaxa phaula (Collenette, 1932) (Malaysia peninsular, Borneo)
• Artaxa rubiginosa (Snellen, 1877) (Java)
• Artaxa sabahensis (Holloway, 1976) (Borneo)
• Artaxa tanaoptera (Collenette, 1938) (Celebes)
• Artaxa tuhana (Holloway, 1976) (Borneo)
• Artaxa vitellina (Kollar, 1848) (India, Sri Lanka)

References

• Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "New Combinations". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved April 7, 2020.