Xyridacma ustaria

Xyridacma ustaria
	Male specimen
	Female specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Xyridacma
Species:	X. ustaria
Binomial name
	Xyridacma ustaria; (Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
	Ennomos ustaria Walker, 1863 ; Amilapis achroiaria Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 ; Lyrcea varians Butler, 1879 ; Xyridacma ustaria unilinea Prout, 1920 ; Epirrhanthis ustaria (Walker, 1863) ;

Xyridacma ustaria is a moth of the family Geometridae.^[2] It was first described by Francis Walker in 1863 from specimens obtained in Auckland.^[3] It is endemic to New Zealand.^[1] X. ustaria has been found on Codfish Island in May with larvae recorded on Pittosporum tenuifolium.^[4] It has also been found at Paroa in February as well as in Canterbury.^[5]^[6]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Xyridacma ustaria (Walker, 1863)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 170–171. ISSN 0111-5383. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
^ Walker, Francis (1863). "XXVI: Geometrites (continued)". List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. pt. 25-26: 1480–1796 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ Patrick, B. H. (1997). "Codfish Island moths". The Weta. 20 (1): 17–20. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.728.6325.
^ Patrick, H.; Bowie, M.; Fox, B.; Patrick, B. (2011). "The moths of Quail Island (Ōtamahua): a faunal comparison of an island under restoration with other sites on Banks Peninsula". New Zealand Natural Sciences. 36: 57–72. hdl:10182/6365.
^ Lyford 17(1), pp.., B.M. (1994). "Lepidoptera and Trichoptera from Paroa, near Greymouth, New Zealand". New Zealand Entomologist. 17 (1): 46–51. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.728.7273. doi:10.1080/00779962.1994.9721984.

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