''Xyridacma veronicae'', also known as the ''striped veronica moth'', is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family Geometridae. It was described in 1934 by

Louis Beethoven Prout Louis Beethoven Prout (1864–1943) was an English entomologist and musicologist. Prout specialised in the insect order of Lepidoptera, especially the Geometridae, or geometer moths, on which he was a foremost authority. His notebooks and public ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

Taxonomy

This species was described by Louis Beethoven Pout as a replacement name for ''Xyridacma hemipteraria'' as discussed by Edward Meyrick in 1888.

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Citizen science observations
Moths of New Zealand Endemic fauna of New Zealand Moths described in 1934 Oenochrominae Endemic moths of New Zealand {{Oenochrominae-stub