Eudonia dochmia

Eudonia dochmia
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species: E. dochmia
Binomial name
Eudonia dochmia
(Meyrick, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Scoparia dochmia Meyrick, 1905

Eudonia dochmia is a moth in the Crambidae family.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905.[2][3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[4][5]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are light brownish, irrorated with darker. The veins and margins are irrorated with blackish and the median area with white. The hindwings are pale whitish-fuscous, with a slight brassy tinge. There is a grey discal spot and a grey postmedian line. The termen is suffused with grey.[2]

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. 1 2 Meyrick, E. (1905). "Notes on New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1905: 219–244. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1905.tb02451.x – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 156. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia dochmia (Meyrick, 1905)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.


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