Eudonia rakaiensis

Eudonia rakaiensis
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Eudonia
Species:	E. rakaiensis
Binomial name
	Eudonia rakaiensis; (Knaggs, 1867)
Synonyms
	Scoparia rakaiensis Knaggs, 1867 ; Eudonia rakaiaensis (Knaggs, 1867) ;

Eudonia rakaiensis is a moth in the Crambidae family.^[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.^[2]^[3]

Taxonomy

This species was described by Henry Guard Knaggs in 1867 and named Scoparia rakaiensis.^[4] John S. Dugdale assigned this species to the Eudonia genus in 1988.^[5] However he misspelt the specific epithet as rakaiaensis instead of the correct rakaiensis.^[6]

References

↑ 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.
↑ "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia rakaiaensis (Knaggs, 1867)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
↑ Knaggs, H.G. (1867). "New species of Scoparia (Lepidoptera) from New Zealand, collected by R.W. Fereday". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 4: 80–81. ISSN 0013-8908 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 158. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
↑ Hoare, R. J. B. (2011). "Lepidoptera of gumland heaths—a threatened and rare ecosystem of northern New Zealand" (PDF). New Zealand Entomologist. 34 (1): 67–76. doi:10.1080/00779962.2011.9722212 – via Internet Archive.

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[NZIB-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.

[NZOR-2] "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia rakaiaensis (Knaggs, 1867)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[3] "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[4] Knaggs, H.G. (1867). "New species of Scoparia (Lepidoptera) from New Zealand, collected by R.W. Fereday". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 4: 80–81. ISSN 0013-8908 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[Dugdale1988-5] Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 158. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[6] Hoare, R. J. B. (2011). "Lepidoptera of gumland heaths—a threatened and rare ecosystem of northern New Zealand" (PDF). New Zealand Entomologist. 34 (1): 67–76. doi:10.1080/00779962.2011.9722212 – via Internet Archive.