Eudonia cymatias

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

Eudonia cymatias is a moth in the Crambidae family.[3] It was named by Meyrick in 1884.[4][2] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][5]

The wingspan is 21–22 mm. The forewings are fuscous grey, mixed with white and irrorated with black. The hindwings are pale whitish-grey, slightly tinged with ochreous. The postmedian line and a slender hindmarginal suffusion are darker grey. Adults have been recorded on wing in January.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Eudonia cymatias (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. 1 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. 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.
  4. Meyrick, E. (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 235–237. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  5. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  6. Meyrick, E. (1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. IV.—Scopariadae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 68–120 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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