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Eudonia philetaera
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. philetaera
Binomial name
Eudonia philetaera
( Meyrick, 1884) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Scoparia philetaera Meyrick, 1884

Eudonia philetaera is a moth in the family Crambidae. [3] It was named by Edward Meyrick in 1884. [4] [2] Meyrick gave a description of the adult moth in 1885. [5] It is endemic to New Zealand. [1] [6]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are white, mixed with light grey and with some fine scattered black scales. There is a suffused blackish spot on the costa at the base. The first line is white and blackish-margined and the second line is whitish, margined with dark anteriorly. The hindwings are very pale whitish-grey. The lunule, postmedian line and hindmargin are slightly darker. Adults have been recorded on wing in January. [5]

References

  1. ^ a b "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia philetaera (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 157. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  3. ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 458. ISBN  978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC  973607714. OL  25288394M. Wikidata  Q45922947.
  4. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 235–237. Retrieved 26 January 2018 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ^ a b Meyrick, E. (1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 68–120. Retrieved 26 January 2018. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.