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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Oenochrominae
Genus:	Xyridacma
Species:	X. alectoraria
Binomial name
*Xyridacma alectoraria* (Walker, 1860)
Synonyms
Lyrcea alectoraria Walker, 1860 Epirranthis alectoraria octomaculata Thierry-Mieg., 1915

Xyridacma alectoraria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1860 using a specimen collected in Auckland. It is endemic to New Zealand.

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