Genus Abraxas Leach, [1815]

Abraxas Leach, [1815] 1830, In Brewster, Edinburgh Ency., 9: 134. Type species: Phalaena grossulariata Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymies (for more details on the nomenclature see Scoble 1999 and Skou & Sihvonen 2015): Spilota Hübner, [1806], Tent. Det. Lep., (2): 1–2. (name used in suprageneric sense); Spilota Hübner, 1818, Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett., 1: 32. (name used in suprageneric sense); Spilota Hübner, 1822, Syst.-alph. Verz.: 39–51; Zerene Treitschke, 1825, In Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur., 5 (2): 444; Calospilos Hübner, [1825] 1816, Verz. bek. Schmett., (20): 305; Callispilus Agassiz, 1847, Nom. zool.: 60–61; Zirene Unger, 1856, Arch. Ver. Freunde Naturg. Mecklenb. 10: 61 (Emendation of Zerene, Treitschke); Potera Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., (4): 852; Omophyseta Warren, 1894, Novit. zool., 1 (2): 414; Silabraxas Swinhoe, 1900, Cat. Het. Mus. Oxford, (2): 305; Chooreechillum Lucas, 1901, Proc. R. Soc. Qd., 16: 73; Dextridens Wehrli, 1934, Ent. Zs., 48 (18): 140; Isostictia Wehrli, 1934, Ent. Zs., 48 (18): 139; Diceratodesia Wehrli, 1935, Ent. Rdsch., 52: 117; Mesohypoleuca Wehrli, 1935, Int. Ent., 29: 1; Priononyx Wehrli, 1935, Ent. Rdsch.: 116; Rhabdotaedoeagus Wehrli, 1935, Ent. Rdsch., 52: 101; Spinuncus Wehrli, 1935, Ent. Zs., 48 (21): 162; Trimeresia Wehrli, 1935, Ent. Rdsch., 52: 162; Empriononyx Wehrli, 1936, Mitt. Münch., 26: 37 (Unnecessary replacement name for Priononyx, Wehrli).