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Eudonia hemiplaca

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Eudonia hemiplaca
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. hemiplaca
Binomial name
Eudonia hemiplaca
(Meyrick, 1899)[1]
Synonyms
  • Scoparia hemiplaca Meyrick, 1899

Eudonia hemiplaca is a moth in the family Crambidae.[2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1899.[3][4] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1][5]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with purplish reflections. There is an obscure line on the lower half which is slightly paler than the ground-colour, as well as a suboblong white blotch which is sprinkled with fuscous and margined by black suffusion. There is second line, which is also slightly paler than the ground-colour. This line is darker-margined and forms a whitish dot on the costa. The hindwings are pale grey with indications of a faint paler postmedian line.[3]

Larvae have been recorded feeding on mosses.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia hemiplaca (Meyrick, 1889)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  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. ^ a b c Meyrick, E. (1889). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 21: 154–188. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. ^ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 156. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  5. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.