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.
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Scientific classification 
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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
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The wingspan is about 25 mm.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on plants in the genera Haloragis, Gaultheria and Geranium.
References
edit- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Epicyme rubropunctaria (Doubleday 1843)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Epicyme Meyrick 1885". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017.
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External links
edit- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). "Epicyme Meyrick, 1885". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- Savela, Markku (ed.). "Epicyme Meyrick, 1885". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- Australian Faunal Directory
- Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (12 June 2014). "Epicyme rubropunctaria (Doubleday, 1843) Red-spotted Delicate". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
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