Epyaxa lucidata

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

Epyaxa lucidata
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Epyaxa
Species:	E. lucidata
Binomial name
Epyaxa lucidata (Walker, 1862)[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
Larentia lucidata Walker, 1862 Coremia robustaria (Walker, 1862) Coremia plurimata (Walker, 1862) Hydriomena officiosa Meyrick, 1910 Xanthorhoe pratiea Meyrick, 1911 Xanthorhoe practica Meyrick, 1911

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1862 using material collected by Andrew Sinclair and named Larentia lucidata.^[4][5] In 1911 Edward Meyrick, thinking he was describing a new species, gave it the name Xanthorhoe practica.^[6] This name, along with Xanthorhoe robustaria, was synonymised with Xanthorhoe lucidata by L. B. Prout in 1939.^[7] The holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.^[5]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.^[1][8]