Biology:Epicyme
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Short description: Genus of moths
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Asthenini |
| Genus: | Epicyme Meyrick, 1885[2] |
| Species: | E. rubropunctaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Epicyme rubropunctaria (Doubleday, 1843)[1]
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Epicyme is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Edward Meyrick in 1885. Its only species, Epicyme rubropunctaria, the red-spotted delicate, described by Edward Doubleday in 1843, is found in New Zealand, the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and Victoria.
The wingspan is about 25 mm.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on plants in the genera Haloragis, Gaultheria and Geranium.
References
- ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Epicyme rubropunctaria (Doubleday 1843)". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82844235. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
- ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Epicyme Meyrick 1885". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82844234.
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External links
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). "Epicyme Meyrick, 1885". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=10015.0. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- Savela, Markku, ed. "Epicyme Meyrick, 1885". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/larentiinae/epicyme/. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- Australian Faunal Directory
- Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (12 June 2014). "Epicyme rubropunctaria (Doubleday, 1843) Red-spotted Delicate". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lare/rubropunctaria.html. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
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