Austrocidaria

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Larentiinae
Tribus: Xanthorhoini
Genus: Austrocidaria
Species: In synonymy: A. erasta
Name

Austrocidaria Dugdale, 1971: 97

Type species: Cidaria similata Walker, 1862
Fixation: original designation

References

Dugdale, J.S. 1971: Entomology of the Aucklands and other islands south of New Zealand: Lepidoptera, excluding non-crambine Pyralidae. Pacific insects monograph 27: 55–172. Full article (PDF) Reference page. [See p. 97]
Dugdale, J.S. 1988: Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa. Fauna of New Zealand, (14) Extract and PDF Reference page. [See p. 174]
Viidalepp, J. 2011. A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Zootaxa 3136: 1–44. Preview. Paywall. Reference page. [See p. 44, listed as a valid genus of Xanthorhoini]

Austrocidaria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.[1][2] It was described by John S. Dugdale in 1971.[3]
Selected species

Austrocidaria anguligera (Butler, 1879)
Austrocidaria arenosa (Howes, 1911)
Austrocidaria bipartita (Prout, 1958)
Austrocidaria callichlora (Butler, 1879)
Austrocidaria cedrinodes (Meyrick, 1911)
Austrocidaria erasta (Turner, 1939)
Austrocidaria gobiata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Austrocidaria haemophaea (Meyrick, 1925)
Austrocidaria lithurga (Meyrick, 1911)
Austrocidaria parora (Meyrick, 1884)
Austrocidaria praerupta (Philpott, 1918)
Austrocidaria prionota (Meyrick, 1883)
Austrocidaria similata (Walker 1862)
Austrocidaria stricta (Philpott, 1915)
Austrocidaria umbrosa (Philpott, 1917)
Austrocidaria venustatis (Salmon, 1946)

References
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Savela, Markku. "Austrocidaria Dugdale, 1971". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
"Austrocidaria Dugdale, 1971". New Zealand Organisms Register. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
Dugdale, J. S. (1971). "Entomology of the Aucklands and other islands south of New Zealand: Lepidoptera, excluding non-crambine Pyralidae" (PDF). Pacific Insects Monograph. 27: 55–172.