Biology:Eudonia cymatias

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Eudonia cymatias
Eudonia cymatias male.jpg
Male
Eudonia cymatias female.jpg
Female
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E. cymatias
Binomial name
Eudonia cymatias
(Meyrick, 1884)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Scoparia cymatias Meyrick, 1884

Eudonia cymatias is a moth in the family Crambidae.[3] It was named by Meyrick in 1884.[4][2] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][5]

The wingspan is 21–22 mm. The forewings are fuscous grey, mixed with white and irrorated with black. The hindwings are pale whitish-grey, slightly tinged with ochreous. The postmedian line and a slender hindmarginal suffusion are darker grey. Adults have been recorded on wing in January.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Eudonia cymatias (Meyrick, 1884)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/bde29fba-e0be-44d9-972c-e74019a820d2. Retrieved 24 January 2018. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 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. 
  3. , p. 458 , Wikidata Q45922947
  4. Meyrick, E. (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae." (in en). New Zealand Journal of Science 2: 235–237. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41863306. Retrieved 24 January 2018. 
  5. "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2014-07-15. 
  6. Meyrick, E. (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/33934516. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13618226 entry