Xyridacma alectoraria

Xyridacma alectoraria
	Male
	Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Oenochrominae
Genus:	Xyridacma
Species:	X. alectoraria
Binomial name
	Xyridacma alectoraria; (Walker, 1860)[1]
Synonyms[1]
	Lyrcea alectoraria Walker, 1860 ; Epirranthis alectoraria octomaculata Thierry-Mieg., 1915 ;

Xyridacma alectoraria is a moth of the family Geometridae.[2] It was described by Francis Walker in 1860[3] using a specimen collected in Auckland.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[2]

References

Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera — annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 192. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
"Xyridacma alectoraria (Walker, 1860)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
Walker, Francis (1860). "XX: Geometrites". List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 20: 1–276 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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