Biology:Epyaxa lucidata

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Short description: Species of moth endemic to New Zealand

Epyaxa lucidata
Female
Male
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Epyaxa
Species:
E. lucidata
Binomial name
Epyaxa lucidata
(Walker, 1862)[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Hydriomena officiosa Larentia lucidata
  • Walker, 1862 (Walker, 1862)
  • Meyrick, 1910 Xanthorhoe pratiea
  • Coremia plurimata Meyrick, 1911
  • Coremia robustaria (Walker, 1862)
  • Meyrick, 1911 Xanthorhoe practica

Epyaxa lucidata is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1862 using material collected by Andrew Sinclair and named Larentia lucidata.[4][5] In 1911 Edward Meyrick, thinking he was describing a new species, gave it the name Xanthorhoe practica.[6] This name, along with Xanthorhoe robustaria, was synonymised with Xanthorhoe lucidata by L. B. Prout in 1939.[7] The holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[5]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Epyaxa lucidata (Walker, 1862)". Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/8407f6fa-c979-4890-8390-6a73b9c2d656. 
  2. ↑ Craw, R. C. (2 February 2012). "Revision of the genus Helastia sensu stricto with description of a new genus (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 14 (2): 269–293. doi:10.1080/03014223.1987.10422997. 
  3. ↑ "Xanthorhoe practica Meyrick, 1911". https://www.nzor.org.nz/names/57575bf0-0d1a-47f4-ab56-fab766734709. 
  4. ↑ Walker, Frances (1862). "XXIV: Geometrites (continued).". List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. 24: 1021–1280. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39714126. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand 14: 64. https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/26324/FNZ14Dugdale1988.pdf. Retrieved 17 August 2018. 
  6. ↑ , pp. 72 , Wikidata Q58200989
  7. ↑ Prout, L. B. (1939). "Geometridae: Fauna Indo-Australica". The Macrolepidoptera of the World 12: 251. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12779923. 
  8. ↑ , p. 459 , Wikidata Q45922947

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