Eudonia bisinualis

Eudonia bisinualis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species: E. bisinualis
Binomial name
Eudonia bisinualis
(Hudson, 1928)
Synonyms
  • Scoparia bisinualis Hudson, 1928

Eudonia bisinualis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family.[1] It was described by George Vernon Hudson in 1928.[2][3] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[4]

E. bisinualis has a well marked discal forewing streak and as such has been treated as a separate species. However it has been argued that as this wing patternation is variable, and that this species is outwardly identical in appearance to Eudonia cymatias, and finally that the male genitalia of both these species is identical, they should be regarded as the same species.[5]

Adults are on wing from October to May.

References

  1. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 458. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  2. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 155. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Hudson, G. V. (1928). The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. Wellington, NZ.: Ferguson & Osborn. p. 194. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia bisinualis (Hudson, 1928)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Hoare, R.J.B. "Notes on Scopariinae". www.landcareresearch.co.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 24 January 2018.


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