Eudonia triclera

Eudonia triclera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species: E. triclera
Binomial name
Eudonia triclera
(Meyrick, 1905)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Scoparia triclera Meyrick, 1905

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

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are blackish-fuscous mixed with whitish. There is a small pale ochreous elongated subbasal spot in the middle and a broad ochreons-white postmedian band parallel to the termen. The subterminal line is whitish. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Eudonia triclera (Meyrick, 1905)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 158. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  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. 1 2 Meyrick, E. (1905-07-01). "Notes on New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 53 (2): 219–244. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1905.tb02451.x. ISSN 1365-2311 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.


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