Eudonia cyptastis

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Eudonia cyptastis
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Female
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Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. cyptastis
Binomial name
Eudonia cyptastis
(Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Scoparia cyptastisMeyrick, 1909

Eudonia cyptastis is a moth in the family Crambidae. [1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. [2] [3] This species is endemic to New Zealand. [4] [5]

The wingspan is 17–20 mm. The forewings are fuscous, variably mixed or suffused with whitish. The hindwings are pale whitish-fuscous, with a faint yellowish tinge. The termen is suffused with fuscous. Adults have been recorded on wing in November. [2]

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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. 1 2 Meyrick, E. (1909). "Notes and descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 41: 5–16. Retrieved 24 January 2018– via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  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 cyptastis (Meyrick, 1909)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.


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