Eudonia rakaiensis

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Eudonia rakaiensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. rakaiensis
Binomial name
Eudonia rakaiensis
(Knaggs, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Scoparia rakaiensisKnaggs, 1867
  • Eudonia rakaiaensis(Knaggs, 1867)

Eudonia rakaiensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. [1] It is endemic to New Zealand. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

This species was described by Henry Guard Knaggs in 1867 and named Scoparia rakaiensis. [4] John S. Dugdale assigned this species to the genus Eudonia in 1988. [5] However he misspelt the specific epithet as rakaiaensis instead of the correct rakaiensis. [6]

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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. ↑ "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia rakaiaensis (Knaggs, 1867)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  4. ↑ Knaggs, H.G. (1867). "New species of Scoparia (Lepidoptera) from New Zealand, collected by R.W. Fereday". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 4: 80–81. ISSN   0013-8908 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 158. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Hoare, R. J. B. (2011). "Lepidoptera of gumland heaths—a threatened and rare ecosystem of northern New Zealand" (PDF). New Zealand Entomologist. 34 (1): 67–76. doi:10.1080/00779962.2011.9722212. S2CID   86494641. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-08 – via Internet Archive.


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