Eudonia octophora
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Eudonia |
Species: | E. octophora |
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Eudonia octophora | |
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Eudonia octophora is a species of moth of the Crambidae family.[3] It was named by Edward Meyrick in 1884.[4][2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
The wingspan is 22–24 mm. The forewings are brownish-ochreous, irrorated with dark fuscous, forming dark lines on the veins. There are a few white scales. The first line is pale, dark-margined posteriorly and the second line is whitish and also dark-margined. The hindwings are ochreous-grey-whitish, with the postmedian line and apex greyer. Adults have been recorded on wing in December, January and March.[5]
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- 1 2 "Eudonia octophora (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 157. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 235–237 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ 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.
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