Eudonia epicremna

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

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

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are fuscous, mixed with yellow-ochreous. The median third is mixed with white and there is a small white basal spot, as well as a white spot on the costa near the base. The hindwings are fuscous-grey, the hindmargin suffused with dark fuscous. Adults have been recorded on wing in January. [6]

Adults of this species have been found on the slopes below the Coronet Peak ski field and larvae are present there on seepage mosses. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia epicremna (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 156. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  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. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 235–237. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  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. Retrieved 24 January 2018.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  7. ↑ Department of Conservation (January 2006). Crown Pastoral Land Tenure Review - Coronet Peak part 1 (PDF) (Report). Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 24 January 2018.


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