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

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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