Eudonia paltomacha

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Eudonia paltomacha
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Eudonia paltomacha found in the Otago Peninsula, New Zealand
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. paltomacha
Binomial name
Eudonia paltomacha
(Meyrick, 1884) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Scoparia paltomachaMeyrick, 1884
  • Witlesia paltomacha(Meyrick, 1884)

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

The wingspan is 22–24 mm for males and about 17 mm for females. The forewings are light fuscous, irrorated with whitish. The veins are lined with blackish and there is a whitish dot in the disc beyond the middle, margined above with blackish. The hindwings are grey-whitish. Adults have been recorded on wing in January. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Eudonia paltomacha (Meyrick, 1884)". 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. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  4. ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 235–237 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  6. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 68–120. Retrieved 26 January 2018.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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