Epyaxa lucidata

Epyaxa lucidata
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Epyaxa
Species:	E. lucidata
Binomial name
	Epyaxa lucidata; (Walker, 1862)
Synonyms
	Larentia lucidata Walker, 1862 ; Coremia robustaria (Walker, 1862) ; Coremia plurimata (Walker, 1862) ; Hydriomena officiosa Meyrick, 1910 ; Xanthorhoe pratiea Meyrick, 1911 ; Xanthorhoe practica Meyrick, 1911 ;

Epyaxa lucidata is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy[edit]

This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1862 using material collected by Andrew Sinclair and named Larentia lucidata.^[4]^[5] The holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.^[5]

This species is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]^[6]

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Xanthorhoe practica Meyrick, 1911". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 64. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 459. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.

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