Xyridacma veronicae

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Xyridacma veronicae
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Male
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Xyridacma
Species:
X. veronicae
Binomial name
Xyridacma veronicae
Prout, 1934
Synonyms
  • Epirrhanthis hemipterariaMeyrick, 1888

Xyridacma veronicae, also known as the striped veronica moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. [1] It was described in 1934 by Louis Beethoven Prout. [2] [3] It is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described by Louis Beethoven Pout as a replacement name for Xyridacma hemipteraria as discussed by Edward Meyrick in 1888. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Xyridacma veronicae Prout, 1934". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Seitz, Adalbert (1920). The Macrolepidoptera of the world : a systematic account of all the known Macrolepidoptera. Vol. 12. Stuttgart: Fritz Lehmann Verlag.
  3. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera — annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 193. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  4. ↑ Edward Meyrick (May 1888). "Notes on New Zealand Geometrina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 20: 60–61. ISSN   1176-6158. Wikidata   Q108281219.


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