Eudonia cyptastis
Eudonia cyptastis | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Eudonia |
Species: | E. cyptastis |
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Eudonia cyptastis (Meyrick, 1909) | |
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Eudonia cyptastis is a moth in the Crambidae family.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909.[2][3] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[4][5]
The wingspan is 17–20 mm. The forewings are fuscous, variably mixed or suffused with whitish. The hindwings are pale whitish-fuscous, with a faint yellowish tinge. The termen is suffused with fuscous. Adults have been recorded on wing in November.[2]
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- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Meyrick, E. (1909). "Notes and descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 41: 5–16. Retrieved 24 January 2018 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 155. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ↑ "Eudonia cyptastis (Meyrick, 1909)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
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