Epyaxa lucidata

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

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

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1862 using material collected by Andrew Sinclair and named Larentia lucidata.[3][4] The holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[4]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][5]

References
  1. "Epyaxa lucidata (Walker, 1862)". www.nzor.org.nz. Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  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. Walker, Frances (1862). "XXIV: Geometrites (continued)". List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 24: 1021–1280 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 64. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  5. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity, Volume Two, Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 459. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.


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