1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

1-3: ♀, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

2.1. Original description

1-2: Turner (1930: 209-210) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Taxonomy

According to Sihvonen et al. (2026), the genus Axigasta does not belong to the Oenochrominae, as previously assumed, but to the Ennominae.

(author: Erwin Rennwald)

3.2. Literature

• Sihvonen, P., Ghanavi, H.R., Lee, K.M., Hausmann, A., Staude, H., Friedrich, E. Brehm, G., Rajaei, H. & L. Murillo-Ramos (2026): Molecular and morphological data clarify the phylogenetic position of genera formerly classified in Oenochrominae sensu lato (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). — Insect Systematics and Diversity, 2026, 10(2), ixag007. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixag007. [zum PDF-Download auf researchgate.net]
• Original description: Turner, A. J. (1930): Revision of Australian Oenochromidae (Lepidoptera). III. — The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 55 (3): 191-220. Sydney (The Australian Medical Publishing Co., Ltd.).