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.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

Family:Geometridae

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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 Euchoca rubropunctaria (Doubleday, 1843)

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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.