Xyridacma veronicae
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Xyridacma |
| Species: | X. veronicae |
| Binomial name | |
| Xyridacma veronicae Prout, 1934 | |
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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]
Behaviour
Adults are attracted to light and have been collected via a mercury vapour light trap.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Xyridacma veronicae Prout, 1934". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ↑ Seitz, Adalbert (1920). The Macrolepidoptera of the world : a systematic account of all the known Macrolepidoptera. Vol. 12. Stuttgart: Fritz Lehmann Verlag.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ B. H. Patrick; R. D. Archibald (January 1988). "Lepidoptera light-trapped at Owaka, South Otago". New Zealand Entomologist. 11 (1): 70–72. doi:10.1080/00779962.1988.9722541. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q105740584.
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