Epicyme is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Edward Meyrick in 1885. Its only species, Epicyme rubropunctaria, the red-spotted delicate, described by Edward Doubleday in 1843, is found in New Zealand, the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and Victoria.

Epicyme
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Asthenini
Genus: Epicyme
Meyrick, 1885[2]
Species:
E. rubropunctaria
Binomial name
Epicyme rubropunctaria
(Doubleday, 1843)[1]
Synonyms
  • Generic
    • Hippolyte Meyrick, 1883
  • Specific
    • Ptychopoda rubropunctaria Doubleday, 1843
    • Asthena risata Guenée, 1857
    • Asthena mullata Guenée, 1868
    • Asthena vexata Walker, 1869
    • Euchoca rubropunctaria (Doubleday, 1843)

The wingspan is about 25 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on plants in the genera Haloragis, Gaultheria and Geranium.

References

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  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Epicyme rubropunctaria (Doubleday 1843)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  2. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Epicyme Meyrick 1885". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017.
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