Xyridacma veronicae

Xyridacma veronicae
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Xyridacma
Species:
X. veronicae
Binomial name
Xyridacma veronicae
Prout, 1934
Synonyms
  • Epirrhanthis hemipteraria Meyrick, 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]

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. ^ a b "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. 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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