Biology:Eudonia philerga
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Eudonia philerga is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.[3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[4][2] This species was named by Edward Meyrick is 1884.[1] Meyrick gave a detailed description of the adult moth in 1885.[5]
The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The forewings are white, mixed with grey and irrorated with black. There is a thick interrupted blackish streak from the base of the costa. The first line is white, blackish-margined posteriorly. The second line is white, dark-margined anteriorly. The hindwings are pale whitish-grey, somewhat tinged with ochreous. Adults have been recorded on wing in December, January, March and April.[5]
The larvae of this species feed on mosses.[6] Adults of the species have been observed visiting the flowers of Leptospermum scoparium and Olearia virgata likely feeding from them.[6][7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia philerga (Meyrick, 1884)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/9be76c7e-28a6-41b2-bc39-7089e4ddba43.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand 14: 157. https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/26324/FNZ14Dugdale1988.pdf. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ , p. 458, Wikidata Q45922947
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera" (in en). New Zealand Journal of Science 2: 235–237. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41863306. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Meyrick, E. (1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariidae" (in en). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 17: 68–120. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33934511. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Eudonia philerga (Meyrick, 1884) - Invertebrate herbivore report". https://plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz/ReportForm.aspx?RecordId=1520&Type=H&ReportType=Adv&SortBy=Alpha&Biostatus=a,c,e,n.
- ↑ Primack, Richard B. (1983-07-01). "Insect pollination in the New Zealand mountain flora". New Zealand Journal of Botany 21 (3): 317–333. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1983.10428561. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54669862.
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