Epicyme

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

The wingspan is about 25 mm.

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

References

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

External links

• 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.