Epyaxa lucidata
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Epyaxa |
Species: | E. lucidata |
Binomial name | |
Epyaxa lucidata | |
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Epyaxa lucidata is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.
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
References
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- 1 2 "Epyaxa lucidata (Walker, 1862)". www.nzor.org.nz. Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 64. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ↑ 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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