Eudonia minusculalis

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Eudonia minusculalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. minusculalis
Binomial name
Eudonia minusculalis
(Walker, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Scoparia minusculalisWalker, 1866
  • Scoparia minisculalis(Walker, 1866) misspelling

Eudonia minusculalis is a moth of the family Crambidae. [1] It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. [2] It is endemic to New Zealand. [3] Adult moths have been recorded as visiting the flowers of Leptospermum scoparium and likely feeding from and pollinating them. [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Wöger, Renate; Wöger, Roland; Nuss, Matthias (2020-07-07). "Spatial and temporal sex ratio bias and Wolbachia-infection in New Zealand Crambidae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 8: e52621. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e52621 . ISSN   1314-2828. PMC   7360630 . PMID   32733140.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Scoparia minusculalis Walker, 1866a". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Scoparia (s.l.) minusculalis (Walker, 1866) - Invertebrate herbivore report". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  5. ↑ Richard B. Primack (July 1983). "Insect pollination in the New Zealand mountain flora". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 21 (3): 317–333. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1983.10428561. ISSN   0028-825X. Wikidata   Q54669862.


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