Eudonia pachyerga

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Eudonia pachyerga
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. pachyerga
Binomial name
Eudonia pachyerga
(Meyrick, 1927) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Scoparia pachyergaMeyrick, 1927

Eudonia pachyerga is a moth in the family Crambidae. [3] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. [2] [4] It is endemic to New Zealand. [1] [5]

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are brown, mixed with blackish-fuscous. The first and second lines are whitish, edged with a blackish shade posteriorly. The hindwings are pale brassy-greyish. Adults have been recorded on wing in January. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Eudonia pachyerga (Meyrick, 1927)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 157. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 26 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. LCCN   2011379669. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  4. 1 2 Meyrick, E. (1927). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 697–702 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .