Xyridacma

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Oenochrominae
Genus: Xyridacma
Synonyms (2): Lyrcea – Xynonia

Species (3): X. alectoraria – X. ustaria – X. veronicae
Name

Xyridacma Meyrick, 1888

Primary references

Meyrick 1888: Trans. N. Zealand Inst., 20, 60.

Xyridacma is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1888.[1][2]
Species

Xyridacma alectoraria Walker, 1860
Xyridacma ustaria Walker, [1863]
Xyridacma veronicae Prout, 1934

Xyridacma ustaria, Mairangi Bay, Auckland, New Zealand

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Xyridacma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Xyridacma Meyrick, 1888". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 12, 2020.