Epicyme rubropunctaria

Epicyme rubropunctaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Epicyme
Species: E. rubropunctaria
Binomial name
Epicyme rubropunctaria
(Doubleday, 1843)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ptychopoda rubropunctaria Doubleday, 1843
  • Asthena risata Guenée, 1857
  • Asthena mullata Guenée, 1868
  • Asthena vexata Walker, 1869

Epicyme rubropunctaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in New Zealand, the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and Victoria.

The wingspan is about 25 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on plants in the genera Haloragis, Gaultheria and Geranium.

References

  1. ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 4 July 2013.


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