Xyridacma alectoraria

Xyridacma alectoraria
	Male
	Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Xyridacma
Species:	X. alectoraria
Binomial name
	Xyridacma alectoraria; (Walker, 1860)
Synonyms
	Lyrcea alectoraria Walker, 1860 ; Epirranthis alectoraria (Walker, 1860) ; Epirranthis alectoraria octomaculata Thierry-Mieg., 1915 ;

Xyridacma alectoraria is a moth of the family Geometridae.^[2] It was described by Francis Walker in 1860^[3] using a specimen collected in Auckland.^[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.^[2] This species is regarded as being rarely observed.^[4]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera — annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 192. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Xyridacma alectoraria (Walker, 1860)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
^ Walker, Francis (1860). "XX: Geometrites". List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. 20: 1–276 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ Robert J. B. Hoare (2020), The Moths of Mt Te Aroha (PDF), pp. 1–11, Wikidata Q113345596, archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2022

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