Eudonia philerga

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

Eudonia philerga is a species of moth of the Crambidae family.^[3] It is endemic to New Zealand.^[4]^[2] This species was named by Edward Meyrick is 1884.^[1] Meyrick gave a detailed description of the adult moth in 1885.^[5]

The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The forewings are white, mixed with grey and irrorated with black. There is a thick interrupted blackish streak from the base of the costa. The first line is white, blackish-margined posteriorly. The second line is white, dark-margined anteriorly. The hindwings are pale whitish-grey, somewhat tinged with ochreous. Adults have been recorded on wing in December, January, March and April.^[5]

References

1 2 "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia philerga (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. Retrieved 26 January 2018 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
1 2 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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[NZOR-1] 1 2 "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia philerga (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[Dugdale1988-2] 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.

[NZIB-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, Edward (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 235–237. Retrieved 26 January 2018 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[Meyrick1885-5] 1 2 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.