Biology:Xyridacma ustaria
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Template:Taxonomy/XyridacmaXyridacma ustaria (Walker, 1863)[1]
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Xyridacma ustaria is a moth of the family Geometridae.[2] It was first described by Francis Walker in 1863 from specimens obtained in Auckland.[3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] X. ustaria has been found on Codfish Island in May with larvae recorded on Pittosporum tenuifolium.[4] It has also been found at Paroa in February as well as in Canterbury.[5][6]
Behaviour
Adults are attracted to light and have been collected via a mercury vapour light trap.[7]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Xyridacma ustaria (Walker, 1863)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. https://www.nzor.org.nz/names/4d9d87c1-71de-4149-ac5f-53efceee83ac.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand 14: 170–171. ISSN 0111-5383. http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/49008/FNZ14Dugdale1988150.pdf. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ↑ Walker, Francis (1863). "XXVI: Geometrites (continued)" (in en). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. pt. 25-26: 1480–1796. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38947249.
- ↑ Patrick, B. H. (1997). "Codfish Island moths.". The Weta 20 (1): 17–20.
- ↑ Patrick, H.; Bowie, M.; Fox, B.; Patrick, B. (2011). "The moths of Quail Island (Ōtamahua): a faunal comparison of an island under restoration with other sites on Banks Peninsula.". New Zealand Natural Sciences 36: 57–72.
- ↑ Lyford 17(1), pp.., B.M. (1994). "Lepidoptera and Trichoptera from Paroa, near Greymouth, New Zealand.". New Zealand Entomologist 17 (1): 46–51. doi:10.1080/00779962.1994.9721984.
- ↑ , Wikidata Q105740584
Wikidata ☰ Q8045584 entry
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