Eudonia chlamydota

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Eudonia chlamydota
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Female
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. chlamydota
Binomial name
Eudonia chlamydota
(Meyrick, 1884) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Scoparia chlamydotaMeyrick, 1884

Eudonia chlamydota is a moth in the family Crambidae. [3] It was named by Edward Meyrick in 1884. It is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the North and South Islands. This species inhabits native forests at up to 3000 ft. Larvae feed on moss, building a silken shelter at the base of the plant from which to feed. They pupate in a cocoon within that shelter. Adults are on the wing commonly from December until February but have also been observed in the New Zealand winter. They are known to frequent Hoheria lyallii and are attracted to light.

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Taxonomy

This species was named Scoparia chlamydota by Edward Meyrick in 1884. [4] [2] Meyrick gave a detailed description of the adult moth in 1885. [5] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. [6] In 1988 John S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Eudonia. [2] The male holotype specimen, collected at Arthur's Pass at 910 m (3,000 ft), is held at the Natural History Museum, London. [2]

Description

E. chlamydota on moss Eudonia chlamydota 441936252.jpg
E. chlamydota on moss

Meyrick described this species as follows:

Male, female—13–14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-ochreous suffused with black; palpi 2. Antenne greyish-ochreous; ciliations 1⁄2. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous-white, tibie and tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings triangular, costa slightly arched, apex rounded, hindmargin straight, oblique; ochreous-whitish; basal half, bounded by a line parallel to hindmargin, suffused with blackish, except on an oval ochreous spot near middle of base ; a moderately broad fascia-like reddish-ochreous suffusion rather beyond and parallel to posterior edge of blackish patch; an irregular reddish-ochreous suffusion towards middle of hindmargin ; a rather small triangular blackish spot on costa before apex, and some blackish scales on anal angle: cilia ochreous-whitish, mixed with reddish ochreous beneath and blackish above apex. Hindwings 1+1⁄4, whitish ; postmedian line and apical suffusion faintly grey ; cilia whitish. [5]

The adults are variable in the depth of colour on their wings. [6]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand. [1] It is found in the North and South Islands. [6]

Habitat and hosts

Hoheria lyallii. Hoheria lyallii 12734692.jpg
Hoheria lyallii.

This species inhabits native forest up to around 3000 ft in altitude. [6] Adults have been observed frequenting Hoheria lyallii at the edges of forest near rivers. [6] Larvae feed on moss species building a shelter made of silk at the base of the plant. [7] The larvae pupate within a cocoon in their host plant. [7]

Behaviour

Adults of this species are on the wing most commonly from December until February although it has been observed in the New Zealand winter. [6] [8] They are attracted to light. [9] [10]

References

  1. 1 2 "NZOR Name Details – Eudonia chlamydota (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 155. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Edward Meyrick (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 235. Wikidata   Q113372586.
  5. 1 2 Edward Meyrick (1885). "Art. XI. — Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 82. ISSN   1176-6158. Wikidata   Q113379604.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 184, LCCN   88133764, OCLC   25449322, Wikidata   Q58593286 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  7. 1 2 Robert Hoare (2014). A Photographic Guide to Moths & Butterflies of New Zealand. Illustrator: Olivier Jean-Philippe Ball. p. 81. ISBN   978-1-86966-399-5. Wikidata   Q59396160.
  8. ↑ "Eudonia chlamydota". Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust. 2024-01-14. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
  9. ↑ B. H. Patrrick; R. D. Archibald (January 1988). "Lepidoptera light-trapped at Owaka, South Otago". New Zealand Entomologist. 11 (1): 70–72. doi:10.1080/00779962.1988.9722541. ISSN   0077-9962. Wikidata   Q105740584.
  10. ↑ T. H. Davies (January 1973). "LIST OF LEPIDOPTERA COLLECTED IN AREAS SURROUNDING HASTINGS AND NAPIER" (PDF). New Zealand Entomologist. 5 (2): 204–216. doi:10.1080/00779962.1973.9723002. ISSN   0077-9962. Wikidata   Q54755566. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2013.
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