Biology:Eudonia asterisca
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Short description: Species of moth
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| Species: | E. asterisca
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| Eudonia asterisca (Meyrick, 1884)[1]
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Eudonia asterisca is a moth in the family Crambidae.[3] It was named by Edward Meyrick in 1884.[4][5] It is endemic to New Zealand.[6]
The wingspan is 21–23 mm. The forewings are dull ochreous-fuscous, the basal and terminal areas suffused with dark greyish-fuscous. The hindwings are ochreous-grey-whitish with a distinct dark grey lunule. The hindmargin is suffused with dark grey. Adults have been recorded on wing in January.[7]
References
- ↑ "Eudonia asterisca (Meyrick, 1884)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/05d78e9d-f5cf-4802-8ea7-d2833ae21d11.
- ↑ "Xeroscopa asterisca Meyrick, 1884". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/679334bc-501b-497f-9919-be4addc4e104.
- ↑ , p. 458, Wikidata Q45922947
- ↑ Meyrick, E. (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae." (in en). New Zealand Journal of Science 2: 235–237. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41863308. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand 14: 155. https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/26324/FNZ14Dugdale1988.pdf. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ↑ "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx.
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. IV.— Scopariadae." (in en). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 17: 68–120. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33934548.
Wikidata ☰ Q13618178 entry
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