Eudonia cataxesta

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Eudonia cataxesta
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Female
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Male
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. cataxesta
Binomial name
Eudonia cataxesta
(Meyrick, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Scoparia cataxestaMeyrick, 1884

Eudonia cataxesta is a moth in the family Crambidae. [1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1884. [2] [3] It is endemic to New Zealand. [4] [5]

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Description

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Eudonia cataxesta

The wingspan is 23–27 mm. The forewings are dark slaty-grey, with an indigo-bluish tinge and with fine scattered grey-whitish scales. The hindwings are whitish-grey with a darker grey hindmarginal band. Adults have been recorded on wing in January and February. [6]

Host species

The caterpillars of this species are associated with mosses. [7] Adult moths probably feed on the flowers of Helichrysum intermedium. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 458. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 235–237. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 155. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Eudonia cataxesta (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  5. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  6. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. IV.— Scopariadae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 68–120 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  7. 1 2 "PlantSynz - Invertebrate herbivore biodiversity assessment tool: Database". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2018-07-13.


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