Eudonia sabulosellus

Eudonia sabulosellus
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species: E. sabulosellus
Binomial name
Eudonia sabulosellus
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Crambus sabulosellus Walker, 1863
  • Witlesia sabulosella
  • Scoparia sabulosella
  • Eudonia sabulosella

Eudonia sabulosellus is a moth in the Crambidae family.[1] It was first described by Francis Walker under the name Crambus sabulosellus in 1863.[2][3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[4][5]

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are pale greyish ochreous, irrorated (sprinkled) with white along the costa and on the dorsal half. There is a suffused blackish streak from the base along the submedian fold to the middle. The hindwings are grey whitish, tinged with ochreous. Adults have been recorded on wing in December and January.[6]

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. ↑ Walker, Francis (1863). "Crambites and Tortricites". List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. pt. 27: 1–286. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 158. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia sabulosella (Walker, 1863)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  6. ↑ 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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