# Epicyme

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***Epicyme*** is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic) moth genus in the family [Geometridae](/source/Geometridae) described by [Edward Meyrick](/source/Edward_Meyrick) in 1885. Its only species, ***Epicyme rubropunctaria***, the **red-spotted delicate**, described by [Edward Doubleday](/source/Edward_Doubleday) in 1843, is found in [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand), the [Australian Capital Territory](/source/Australian_Capital_Territory), [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania) and [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)).

The [wingspan](/source/Wingspan) is about 25 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on plants in the genera *[Haloragis](/source/Haloragis)*, *[Gaultheria](/source/Gaultheria)* and *[Geranium](/source/Geranium)*.

## References

1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. ["*Epicyme* Meyrick 1885"](http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82844234). *Home of Ichneumonoidea*. Taxapad. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20171209043959/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82844234) 9 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine.

1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. ["*Epicyme rubropunctaria* (Doubleday 1843)"](http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82844235). *Home of Ichneumonoidea*. Taxapad. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160323014849/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82844235) 23 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

## External links

- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). ["*Epicyme* Meyrick, 1885"](https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=10015.0). *Butterflies and Moths of the World*. [Natural History Museum, London](/source/Natural_History_Museum,_London). Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- Savela, Markku (ed.). ["*Epicyme* Meyrick, 1885"](http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/larentiinae/epicyme/). *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- [*Australian Faunal Directory*](http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Epicyme_rubropunctaria)
- Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (12 June 2014). ["*Epicyme rubropunctaria* (Doubleday, 1843) Red-spotted Delicate"](http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lare/rubropunctaria.html). *Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths*. Retrieved 24 February 2019.

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