Eudonia octophora | |
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Female (top) and male (bottom) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Eudonia |
Species: | E. octophora
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Binomial name | |
Eudonia octophora | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Eudonia octophora is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. [3] It was named by Edward Meyrick in 1884. [4] [2] It is endemic to New Zealand. [1]
The wingspan is 22–24 mm. The forewings are brownish-ochreous, irrorated with dark fuscous, forming dark lines on the veins. There are a few white scales. The first line is pale, dark-margined posteriorly and the second line is whitish and also dark-margined. The hindwings are ochreous-grey-whitish, with the postmedian line and apex greyer. Adults have been recorded on wing in December, January and March. [5]