Species Epicompsa xanthocrossa Guest, 1887

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• Epicompsa xanthocrossa Guest, E. 1887. Type species: Panagra sparsularia Guenée, [1858]. p. 137 in Guest, E. A classified list of Geometrina found around Balhannah, with notes on species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 126-141 [138].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♂, Australia: South Australia, Balhannah
  Comment: see Note #278 in McQuillan & Edwards (1996).
• Epicompsa xanthocrossa Meyrick, E. 1892. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. V. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 6(4): 581-678 [585].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♂, Australia: South Australia, Mt Lofty, [Balhannah].

General References

McQuillan, P.B. & Edwards, E.D. 1996. Geometridae. pp. 200-228 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [202] (Note #278: Epicompsa xanthocrossa Guest, 1887 was described from a single specimen. Meyrick also described E. xanthocrossa Meyrick from the same specimen. E. xanthocrossa Meyrick is a junior objective synonym of E. xanthocrossa Guest. We have been unable to locate this holotype in the SAMA)

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